John Gorman (physician) explained

John Grant Gorman, (born c. 1931)^[1] is an Australian 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.^{[2] [3]}

Since its discovery, Gorman's treatment is estimated to have saved millions of lives.^[1]

Gorman was appointed an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) on 19 July 2024 For "eminent service to medicine in co-discovering and pioneering a treatment for Rhesus disease for worldwide benefit to humanity."^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Guthrie, Julian . Good blood : a doctor, a donor, and the incredible breakthrough that saved millions of babies . 2020 . 978-1-4197-4331-3 . New York . 1140780842.

Notes and References

1. News: 2022-11-01 . A vial of human serum, an ice box and an illegal flight: how an Australian doctor saved millions of babies' lives . en-AU . ABC News . 2022-11-02.
2. Web site: Vaccine for preventing Rh incompatibility in newborns. Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. 4 September 2016.
3. Book: Thompson. Gilbert. Pioneers of Medicine Without a Nobel Prize. 2014. 163. World Scientific . 9781783263868.
4. Web site: Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia . Commonwealth of Australia Gazette . 20 July 2024.