2020.12.04 20:56
Horseshoe crab blood: the miracle vaccine ingredient that's saved millions of lives
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/horseshoe-crab-blood-miracle-vaccine-ingredient.html
2020.12.04 21:01
2020.12.05 09:23
Amazing story, I have never heard before!
Indeed, one of few impressive encounters through my first trip to DELMARVA peninsula to cross Chesapeake Bay Bridge in early 70 while we were in Richmond, Va was this weird looking creature I have never seen before along the seashore. Some are alive though beached out from the shore quite a distance some are dead leaving strange-looking carcass. I read about its origin, history, ecological value, etc but never heard its blood is such a vital substance for the research. I have never seen them anywhere throughout the world. Learn every day, doc!
BB
Poor horseshoe crab!
We cruel humans thank you for your sacrifice
and bleeding to save us from our arch-enemies,
viruses and bacteria, in every pandemic, every epidemic,
and every endemic through the past millennia.