Rh-typing serum, commonly used in the laboratory for determining blood types, is a scarce commodity that has been priced at $14 for 10 cc. Now a rich reservoir of the precious serum, potentially worth more than $1,000,000, has been found—all of it running in the veins of a single man in Fort Worth.
The bloodstream riches of dearborn F. Parker, 51, a food processing supervisor, are a byproduct of disease. Last spring Parker reported to Fort Worth's Carter Blood Center complaining of weakness. Physicians found that he had hemochromatosis—a rare condition caused by excessive iron absorption through the intestines into the blood....
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