Ruth Sanger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian haematologist
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Place of Birth: Southport, Queensland, Australia
About Ruth Sanger
- Ruth Ann Sanger (6 June 1918 – 4 June 2001) was an Australian immunogeneticist, haematologist and serologist.
- She was known for her work on human red cell antigens and for the genetic mapping of the human X chromosome.
- She was Director of the Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit, of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine from 1973-1983. She worked closely with Robert Russell Race from the 1940s, and they married in 1956.
- They co-authored many papers after 1948, and co-wrote six editions of a leading work on blood groups, Blood Groups in Man, which helped make blood transfusions safer.
- The book was known as "Race and Sanger", which were published between 1950 and 1975.
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