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Vincent Freda

Vincent Freda

American obstetrician

Vincent J. Freda (16 December 1927 – 7 May 2003) was an American obstetrician who shared the 1980 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 prevention of Rh disease.[1] He graduated from Columbia University and the New York University School of Medicine.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Vaccine for preventing Rh incompatibility in newborns". Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. [2]
    RETSINAS, GREG (18 May 2003). "Vincent Freda, 75, Dies; Pioneered Vaccine to Save Babies". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.


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