No, it's not science fiction, just plain old science. We're talking about the horseshoe crab. For decades we've needed them, and their blood, to help us discover human medicines. They're being ...

Since the 1960s when the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs was first discovered as ... and it's been a gift to medicine ...

On Nov. 1, the U.S. Pharmacopeia Microbiology Expert Committee published guidelines that removed a significant barrier holding the pharmaceutical industry back from replacing horseshoe crab-derived ...

We have previously reported that cultures of C. albicans activated the amebocyte lysate clotting cascade of the Japanese horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus. In order to isolate the active agent ...

What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear alien, but their history as earthlings is pretty impressive. They’ve been around for 450 million years, predating the ...

Visitors to JR Kasaoka Station in Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, are greeted by a large billboard standing in front that reads: “Welcome to Kasaoka, town of horseshoe crabs.” The city of Kasaoka ...

Researchers in Hong Kong are turning to drones and artificial intelligence (AI) software technology to protect the local population of endangered horseshoe crabs. The study is part of a trial ...