An curved arrow pointing right. Dr. Charles Drew first developed the blood bank in 1940 to help Britain during World War II, and later went on to invent the bloodmobile as well. Follow Tech ...

Discovered method for long-term storage of blood plasma Organized America's first large-scale blood bank Dr. Charles Richard Drew broke barriers in a racially divided America to become one of the most ...

he was awarded the inaugural Dr. Charles Drew Lifesaver Award by the Blood Bank of Delmarva this year. Garrett created the blood bank's Dr. Charles R. Drew Memorial Blood Drive in 2022 ...