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This video explains how and why horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines, medical equipment, and other injectable medicines for bacteria and contamination. It tells a brief history of vaccine testing, and explains the science behind the limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test. It also goes over previously used tests, like the rabbit pyrogen test (RPT), that were commonly used before horseshoe crabs.

This video answers the following questions:
Why is horseshoe crab blood used to test vaccines?
How is horseshoe crab blood used to test vaccines?
Why is horseshoe crab blood used in the pharmaceutical industry?
How is horseshoe crab blood used in the pharmaceutical industry?
What is so special about horseshoe crab blood?
What's inside horseshoe crab blood?
What are horseshoe crabs used for?
What is horseshoe crab blood used for?

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