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James Harrison, credited with saving 2.4 million babies via blood plasma donations, dies at 88

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James Harrison's plasma contained a rare antibody known as anti-D.

It's used to make injections that protect unborn babies from hemolytic disease of the newborn.

Harrison made 1,173 donations after he turned 18 in 1954 until he was forced to retire in 2018 , at the age of 81 .

Harrison was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2005 as the person who had donated the most blood plasma in the world.

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