Novel Approach to Achieving Consistent Results with the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Test The standard tool for screening endotoxins—highly toxic, heat-stable lipopolysaccharides that constitute the outer ...

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2121146, as well as the Leverhulme Trust through a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant. Any opinions, ...

A chemical compound found in the blood of horseshoe crabs is widely used in the biomedical community to test for the presence of bacterial exposure or infection. This limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) ...

Endotoxin refers to a component of the outer cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria called lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS is the biologically active portion of naturally occurring endotoxin complexes.

Surf on a beach at sunset features a horseshoe crab upside down in the water and several others nearby. Regulatory changes may make the pharmaceutical industry less reliant on horseshoe crabs for ...

LAL Testing market report is helpful in assessing the effectiveness of advertising programme and knows the causes of consumer resistance. The market study of this report helps minimize the risks of ...

Fear at first sight: That was Jack Levin's reaction upon meeting the creature that put him on the path to lasting scientific achievement. The year was 1963, two years before Levin would begin a ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story misidentified Jack Levin and Frederik Bang’s organization. It is the Marine Biological Laboratory. EAST FALMOUTH, Mass. — For 450 million ...

On a moonlit spring night on Cape Cod, female horseshoe crabs reenact a ritual that has persisted for over 450 million years. Within half an hour each female has laid several clutches of 4,000 eggs ...

Dr Lal PathLabs, one of the largest lab testing companies in India, left a huge cache of patient data on a public server for months, TechCrunch has learned. The lab testing giant, headquartered in New ...