So why is it so expensive and who's buying horseshoe crab blood? The blue color comes from copper in the blood. But that's not its most interesting feature. The blood contains a special clotting ...

Horseshoe crabs molt their distinctive shells about 17 times before reaching maturity at age 10. A synthetic version of their blood has been produced that appears to be on course to eliminate the ...

giving the blood a blue color when oxygenated. Unlike hemoglobin, which uses iron, hemocyanin is more efficient in cold or low-oxygen conditions, making it ideal for these animals.

Quang Ninh isn’t just famous for its majestic landscapes but also for its unique local delicacies like sea worms, horseshoe ...

Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and towards synthetic genetically engineered alternatives. Horseshoe crab blood has ...

13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers 13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers Horseshoe crab blood is key to making a COVID-19 vaccine—but ...

I think with horseshoe crabs, it just gets discussed more because, unlike all those other animals, we harvest the blood. And you have a lot of photographs of it. Anyway, the blue color comes from ...

Eli Lilly and Company is shifting away from using horseshoe crabs, specifically their blood that’s used to detect dangerous bacterial toxins, to now using a synthetic alternative. “We test ...

Approval by the USP of non-animal-derived reagents as an acceptable alternative to the (still accepted) test derived from horseshoe crab blood will hopefully mean that fewer crabs will be used in the ...

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 ...

Horseshoe crab blood is used in medical testing. The Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are among those advocating for a shift to synthetic alternatives. Horseshoe crab blood has been used in medical ...