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A horseshoe crab s blood is vital in testing drugs Critics say using it endangers the ancient creature
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Pharma lab seems to contradict itself, science in fight to bleed SC horseshoe crabs Chiara Eisner, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
May 19 A judge banned horseshoe crab harvesting on Cape Romain, then Charles River appealed. Here s what the lab is arguing in court, sometimes seemingly at odds with science and experts.
A federal judge has prohibited the harvest of horseshoe crabs in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge near Charleston. The new order was expected to restrict the operations of a Massachusetts-based biomedical company, Charles River Laboratories, that for almost 30 years has purchased tens of thousands of the animals from fishermen who collect them on the refuge and other spots along the S.C. coast.
N.J.’s horseshoe crabs are vital to vaccine rollout. A battle for their survival rages on.
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Four male horseshoe crabs mate with a female, who is buried mostly in the sand, at the Sunray Beach Preserve in the Del Haven section of Middle Township, N.J., Monday, June 11, 2018. (Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com)Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com
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They’re horseshoe crabs and now they’re more important than ever.
The animals are critical to the work of pharmaceutical companies, especially during this pivotal mass distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. The crabs’ milky blue blood has been used for decades to detect harmful pathogens in medicines, allowing drugmakers to ensure their products are pure before being shipped out and injected into human arms.