An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But ...

The medical use of horseshoe crabs highlights the dilemma between human safety, environmental sustainability, and scientific ...

Aravind Krishnan, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student, is working to find an alternative to horseshoe crab blood, which is used to test for pathogens in vaccines and on medical devices.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Horseshoe crabs' icy-blue blood will remain the drug industry's standard for safety tests after a powerful U.S. group ditched a plan to give equal status to a synthetic substitute ...

Limulus polyphemus - the Atlantic horseshoe crab, found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Southeast Gulf of Mexico. By Breese Greg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, CC 3.0. Limulus ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A pharmaceutical titan based in Indiana is leading a global effort to protect wildlife. Eli Lilly and Company is shifting away from using horseshoe crabs, specifically their ...

BALTIMORE— A new scorecard ranks the top pharmaceutical companies by their transition away from horseshoe crab blood used in drug safety testing. Horseshoe crab blood is used to detect toxins in a ...

Horseshoe crabs, above, may be spared by new standards for the biomedical industry. (Courtesy of Chris Neff/New Jersey Audubon) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, a listener writes in to tell us about being born 3 months premature likely due to their mom having HELLP syndrome, a variant of preeclampsia, and taking part ...

NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — Horseshoe crabs have been around for millions of years, but did you know they also save human lives? “Their blood contains a factor which is highly, highly sensitive to ...

Horseshoe crab populations have crashed and their habitat is disappearing. Advocates say Endangered Species Act protections are urgently needed.(Courtesy Gregory Breese/USFWS) When you walk down the ...

Along the Atlantic Coast, one species is supporting ecological and human health — the American horseshoe crab. In Maryland, horseshoe crabs are a common site on the coast and in coastal bays. Harvest ...