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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...
Autores principales: | Maloney, Tom, Phelan, Ryan, Simmons, Naira |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200278/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006607 |
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