An Australian man who donated blood plasma every three weeks for the past 70 years has died at the age of 88. James Harrison had an antibody in his blood that is used to create the Anti-D injection that routinely stops the immune systems of women with rhesus-negative blood from attacking their unborn rhesus-positive children.

James Harrison, who was credited with saving 2.4 million babies through blood plasma donations over six decades, has died at 88

James Harrison started donating blood at the age of 18 and continued until he was 81. His blood contained a rare antibody, Anti-D.

An Australian man whose blood donations are credited with saving the lives of more than 2 million babies has died at the age of 88. James Harrison, from the town of Junee in the state of New South Wales,

An Australian known as the "Man with the Golden Arm" for protecting 2.4 million babies with his rare, antibody-rich blood plasma, has died at 88, health officials say.

"It wasn't one big heroic act. It was just a lifetime of being there and doing these small acts of good bit by bit." When he was just 14, James Harrison of New South Wales, Australia, needed to undergo lung surgery that required a series of life-saving blood transfusions.

A man from Australia, James Harrison, who saved a lot of lives with his rare antibody in his blood, passed away at the age of 88. Legit.ng compiled facts about him