Robin Coombs

Date of Birth	09-January-1921
Place of Birth	London (England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Also know as	Dr. Robin Coombs
Profession	Physician
Robert Royston Amos Coombs, was a British immunologist, co-discoverer of the Coombs test used for detecting antibodies in various clinical scenarios, such as Rh disease and blood transfusion.

Awards by Robin Coombs

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Gairdner Foundation International Award	(In recognition of his contributions in the development of serological techniques and in particular for the test he introduced to detect the presence of Rh antibodies on red blood cells. This discovery has been fundamental to advances in the field of blood transfusion and has increased our understanding of diseases in which antibodies seem to be involved.)