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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Local - Rh Way sign at U of M Photo of street sign, Rh Way. Rh Way: The shortest-named street in Winnipeg, located in the Smartpark, at the University of Manitoba, just across Chancellor Matheson Rd. from IG Field. It is named for the research conducted by Dr. Albert (Bert) Friesen. Friesen led development on a treatment for Rh disease, according to the Mennonite Economic Development Associates. (Rh disease can occur in fetuses and newborns when antibodies in the motherճ blood cause red blood cells in the babyճ blood to be destroyed. It can occur when the mother and babyճ blood types do not match.) March 3rd, 2023