John G. Gorman is an Australian born physician and medical researcher. In 1980, Gorman shared the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for pioneering work on the rhesus blood group system, the role of rhesus D antibodies in the causation of Rh disease and the apparently paradoxical prevention of Rh disease using the Rh antibodies themselves, in the form of Rho(D) immune globulin, as treatment.[1][2][3]
Since its discovery, Gorman's treatment is estimated to have saved millions of lives.[3]
References
- ↑ "Vaccine for preventing Rh incompatibility in newborns". Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ Thompson, Gilbert (2014). Pioneers of Medicine Without a Nobel Prize. World Scientific. p. 163. ISBN 9781783263868.
- 1 2 "A vial of human serum, an ice box and an illegal flight: how an Australian doctor saved millions of babies' lives". ABC News. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
Further reading
- Guthrie, Julian (2020). Good blood : a doctor, a donor, and the incredible breakthrough that saved millions of babies. New York. ISBN 978-1-4197-4331-3. OCLC 1140780842.
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