Philip Levine
Philip Levine · Science & Medicine
Immunohematologist who co-discovered the Rh blood group system and its role in newborn disease.
1900, Kletsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) — 1987, New York City, United States
United States
Philip Levine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunohematologist who co-discovered the Rh blood group system and its role in newborn disease.
Levine was an American immunohematologist who, with Karl Landsteiner, co-discovered the Rh blood group system and identified its role in hemolytic disease of the newborn — knowledge that made safe transfusion and the prevention of Rh disease possible, saving countless infants. He was a Jewish immigrant, born in the Russian Empire and raised in the United States.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Immunohematologist who co-discovered the Rh blood group system and its role in newborn disease.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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