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Why isn't the pharmaceutical industry using this alternative to horseshoe crab blood?

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The blood of horseshoe crabs has been used to test for impurities in medical devices, vaccines and injectable drugs.

The crab blood contains a clotting factor that points to the presence of bacterial endotoxins.

Today , it's no longer necessary to use the crab blood, says Timothy Cernak , a medicinal chemist at the University of Michigan's College of Pharmacy .

Factor C is an FDA -approved alternative to crab blood.

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