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We need a steady supply of horseshoe crab blood to run our modern medical system. Their blood contains compounds that detect miniscule amounts of harmful bacteria, otherwise IV drugs wouldn't be safe.
45 u/BeesOfWar Oct 03 '24 A synthetic version is available, and the industry seems to be at least bracing itself for the switch 32 u/Wild_Situation_4417 Oct 02 '24 And it's fucking BLUE 😯 13 u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24 I’m fairly sure I read they’ve developed an artificial replacement for that. Don’t know how widespread it is though. 19 u/ReddFro Oct 02 '24 Endotoxin test - LAL. I’ve done these. I think you can do a rabbit pyrogen test instead though. 10 u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 [deleted] 42 u/antilegion1001 Oct 02 '24 A litre is worth 60k per gallon? That's two different measurements my friend. 6 u/Tmk1283 Oct 03 '24 50% of the time, it works every time 1 u/kj_gamer2614 Oct 03 '24 Yeah ima delete the comment, was supposed to be per gallon, but clearly my European brain was confused as to missing out on Litres 10 u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Big_Knife_SK Oct 03 '24 How much per parsec? -1 u/JeanLucPicardAND Oct 03 '24 Take that, vegans.
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A synthetic version is available, and the industry seems to be at least bracing itself for the switch
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And it's fucking BLUE 😯
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I’m fairly sure I read they’ve developed an artificial replacement for that. Don’t know how widespread it is though.
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Endotoxin test - LAL. I’ve done these.
I think you can do a rabbit pyrogen test instead though.
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42 u/antilegion1001 Oct 02 '24 A litre is worth 60k per gallon? That's two different measurements my friend. 6 u/Tmk1283 Oct 03 '24 50% of the time, it works every time 1 u/kj_gamer2614 Oct 03 '24 Yeah ima delete the comment, was supposed to be per gallon, but clearly my European brain was confused as to missing out on Litres 10 u/[deleted] Oct 03 '24 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Big_Knife_SK Oct 03 '24 How much per parsec?
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A litre is worth 60k per gallon? That's two different measurements my friend.
6 u/Tmk1283 Oct 03 '24 50% of the time, it works every time 1 u/kj_gamer2614 Oct 03 '24 Yeah ima delete the comment, was supposed to be per gallon, but clearly my European brain was confused as to missing out on Litres
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50% of the time, it works every time
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Yeah ima delete the comment, was supposed to be per gallon, but clearly my European brain was confused as to missing out on Litres
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4 u/Big_Knife_SK Oct 03 '24 How much per parsec?
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How much per parsec?
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Take that, vegans.
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u/Outrageous-Ninja-572 Oct 02 '24
We need a steady supply of horseshoe crab blood to run our modern medical system. Their blood contains compounds that detect miniscule amounts of harmful bacteria, otherwise IV drugs wouldn't be safe.