Why isn't the pharmaceutical industry using this alternative to horseshoe crab blood?
October 02, 2024
October 02, 2024
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 2 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news:
Since the 1960s when the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs was first discovered as a way to detect bacteria in vaccines and other injectables, millions of the ocean dwellers worldwide have been captured, their blood drained from their hearts and returned to the ocean.
The blood contains a clotting factor that points to the presence of bacterial endotoxins, and it's been a gift to med . . .
Since the 1960s when the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs was first discovered as a way to detect bacteria in vaccines and other injectables, millions of the ocean dwellers worldwide have been captured, their blood drained from their hearts and returned to the ocean.
The blood contains a clotting factor that points to the presence of bacterial endotoxins, and it's been a gift to med . . .