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Horseshoe crabs and vaccines

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Oct 17, 202116:24Technology

S2 Ep 17. A new synthetic test to create safe vaccines – based on the secrets of the horseshoe crab and its blue blood. Scientists hope this new technology could mean they no longer need to use the blood to test vaccines...

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Horseshoe crabs and vaccines is an episode from 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter by BBC. S2 Ep 17. A new synthetic test to create safe vaccines – based on the secrets of the horseshoe crab and its blue blood. Scientists hope this new technol...

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