John Grant Gorman AC, (born c. 1931) 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.
Since its discovery, Gorman's treatment is estimated to have saved millions of lives.
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."
References
- ^ "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.
- "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.
- "Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
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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