Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.

If a patient or research study volunteer is having a blood draw at or near a research facility ... pre-packaged in a small tube, to put blood into a type of "suspended animation," protecting ...

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago.