For 40 years, researchers relied on horseshoe crab blood to catch endotoxins in drugs. Now, synthetic alternatives and ...

The horseshoe crabs are valuable because their blood can be manufactured into limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, that is used to detect pathogens in indispensable medicines such as injectable ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prize… ...

Horseshoe crabs are harvested every year across the Atlantic for their blue blood. It's better than almost anything else on the planet at detecting contamination in vaccines and medical devices.

The horseshoe crabs are valuable because their blood can be manufactured into limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, that is used to detect pathogens in indispensable medicines such as injectable ...

Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird relies on crabs to eat Horseshoe crabs spawn at Reeds Beach in Cape May Court House, N.J., Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

Gulls gather around horseshoe crabs spawning at Reeds Beach in Cape May Court House, N.J. PORTLAND, Maine — The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 ...