Australian medical officials said the railway clerk helped save 2.4 million babies by donating the rare antibodies in his blood every two weeks for over 60 years.
An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades, has died at 88, his family said Tuesday. James Harrison, a retired state ...
James Christopher Harrison was born on Dec. 27, 1936, in Junee, a small town in New South Wales, to Peggy and Reginald Harrison. After he recovered from lung surgery, he met his future wife ...
He was 88. James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on Feb. 17, according to his grandson, Jarrod Mellowship.
A rare antibody in the blood of the Australian railway clerk was used to create 3 million doses of an injection needed to protect newborns and prevent stillbirths.
James Harrison, Australian blood donor whose 'golden arm' helped save 2.4 million babies, dies at 88
He was 88. Video above: Remembering those we lost in 2025 James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on Feb. 17 ...
His daughter, Tracey Mellowship, confirmed the death but did not disclose a cause. James Christopher Harrison was born in Junee, New South Wales, on Dec. 27, 1936. His lifelong dedication to ...
James Harrison, Australian blood donor whose 'golden arm' helped save 2.4 million babies, dies at 88
He was 88. James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on Feb. 17, according to his grandson, Jarrod Mellowship.
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