Source: Horseshoe crab blood is key to making a COVID-19 vaccine—but the ecosystem may suffer.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/07/covid-vaccine-needs-horseshoe-crab-blood/
CARRIE ARNOLD in National Geographic
PUBLISHED JULY 2, 2020
Each spring, guided by the full moon, hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs clamber onto beaches across the U.S. mid-Atlantic to lay their eggs. For hungry birds, it’s a cornucopia. For drug […]