State sets biomedical quota on horseshoe crabs
BOSTON — They’re prized by the biomedical community for their life-saving blue blood, but the increasing demand for horseshoe crabs is raising concerns about the well-being of the prehistoric species,
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BOSTON — They’re prized by the biomedical community for their life-saving blue blood, but the increasing demand for horseshoe crabs is raising concerns about the well-being of the prehistoric species,
BOSTON — They’re prized by the biomedical community for their life-saving blue blood, but the increasing demand for horseshoe crabs is raising concerns about the well-being of the prehistoric species,
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A compound inside horseshoe crab blood plays a vital role in vaccine, drug, and medical device testing. But conservationists say that the cost of bleeding hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs a year is too high.