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My understanding is that the primary bottleneck is clotting factor, which is still harvested naturally from horseshoe crabs. So it's a balancing act between max
by dcolkitt 6y ago
My understanding is that the primary bottleneck is clotting factor, which is still harvested naturally from horseshoe crabs. So it's a balancing act between maximizing yield while not collapsing the population.
There's an artificial version, but it was only recently approved by the FDA, so there's not significant industrial capacity.
- cactus2093 6y agoArtificial version was denied by the FDA I believe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/31/crab-blood-to-remain-big-pharmas-standard-as-industry-group-rejects-substitute https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/31/crab-blo... Unless it has since been reversed?