FIRST WOMAN AND FOURTH LIFE MEMBER - ANZSBT History Project

Dr Rachel Jakobowicz, a WWII Polish refugee, accepts Honorary Life Membership. Her ‘undisciplined enthusiasm’ allowed clear identification of a functional example of an Anti-Rh(D) antibody in Australia. She opened collaboration between CSL (Roy Simmons) & Australian Red Cross (Lucy Bryce) to determine the incidence of Rh-positive blood donors in Australia’s population, using an early anti-Rh(D) antiserum first described & published in 1943.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP: Rachel Jacobowicz

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