| |
|
|
|
| |
Catch, Drain, Release
How the blood of the primitive horseshoe crab helps keep you alive.
Wired - July 2011
Charles River is one of the few companies licensed by the FDA to produce and sell LAL (Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate). This agent is contained in the blood of horseshoe crabs and can be used to detect impurities in pharmaceutical drugs. Learn more about this interesting process by clicking here to read the full article.
|
|
Horseshoe crab, horseshoe crabs, Limulus amoebocyte lysate, LAL, amoebocytes, blood, blue blood, FDA licensed, Wired
Catch, Drain, Release | Wired (July 2011)
The blood of horseshoe crabs contains Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL), which is used to detect impurities in pharmaceutical drugs. This article discusses the catch, drain and release process used by Charles River.