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The Man with the Golden Arm. 1 of 6 People You've Never Heard of Who Probably Saved Your Life

by Joe Mobley
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The Man with the Golden Arm, James Harrison.

James Harrison has magical blood.

Specifically, his blood contains an extremely rare enzyme that can be used to treat babies dying of Rhesus disease. If you've never heard of that disease and figure it's not a big deal, well, wait for the numbers.

Harrison, being a generous type, has donated his rare, life-saving blood roughly 1,000 times over 56 years. This has saved the lives of--seriously, you're not going to believe this--over two million babies around the world.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

On October 4, 1951, Henrietta died at 31 of uremic poisoning, and was buried without a tombstone.

Her doctors were unable to save her, but noticed something unusual about her cells...
An interesting article.

6 People You've Never Heard of Who Probably Saved Your Life | Cracked.com

Joe Mobley
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    OOPS - dead thanks button again so I guess I have to do it manually. That was an interesting read. Can't even imagine the feeling it must give a person to know they saved hundreds, thousands, millions of lives. Must be incredible.
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