It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

Ensuring the safety and quality of pharmaceuticals, such as blood products, vaccines, recombinant proteins, and monoclonal antibodies, is essential. Endotoxins act as a hidden ‘time bomb’ in these ...

The USP Microbiology Expert Committee officially approved the use of recombinant Factor C for endotoxin testing in July 2024.

The American Littoral Society educated the public about the world's largest population of spawning horseshoe crabs on the ...

Discover why is the bright blue blood of an ancient sea creature worth up to $15,000 per liter? In this video, we dive deep into the world of horseshoe crab blood,a natural, life-saving resource ...

Horseshoe crab blood is highly valuable because it contains a unique substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), which is used in a test to detect bacterial endotoxins. This test, known as ...

In an effort to protect the “living fossils,” and the greater ecosystem, environmentalists have long advocated for an end to the practice of taking horseshoe crab blood. The crabs’ eggs are a food ...

Horseshoe crabs, prized by the biomedical industry for their blood, to get new protections in Massachusetts The controversial regulation won final approval from a group of fishing industry ...

Fossils resembling modern horseshoe crabs have been found as found back as far as 200 million years ago and their blue blood (caused by a copper-containing molecule where humans use hemoglobin) is ...

New Synthetic Horseshoe Crab Blood Could Mean Pharma Won’t Bleed the Species Dry The “living fossils” have been vital for testing intravenous drugs, but a few large pharmaceutical companies ...

Horseshoe crab blood is used to produce a substance called limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, which scientists use to test for toxic substances called endotoxins in intravenous drugs.