Specimens of urethral exúdate from 200 men with uncomplicated urethritis were tested for Neisseria gonorrhoeae by the limulus amebocyte lysate assay, culture on modified ThayerMartin medium, and ...

Novel Approach to Achieving Consistent Results with the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Test The standard tool for screening endotoxins—highly toxic, heat-stable lipopolysaccharides that constitute the outer ...

Few people probably are aware that amebocytes from horseshoe crabs are indispensable for modern medicine. They are the only known source of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), a reagent extraordinarily ...

Horseshoe crabs are remarkable animals, beautiful in their weirdness. These "living fossils" evolved 450 million years ago and have lived through at least five mass extinctions fatal to the majority ...