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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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Published in:PLoS Biol
Main Authors: Maloney, Tom, Phelan, Ryan, Simmons, Naira
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200278/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312293
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006607
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