Saving the horseshoe crab: A synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood for endotoxin detection.
Horseshoe crabs have been integral to the safe production of vaccines and injectable medications for the past 40 years. The bleeding of live horseshoe crabs, a process that leaves thousands dead annually, is an ecologically unsustainable practice for all four species of horseshoe crab and the shoreb...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6200278?pdf=render |