Decades ago, scientists looking for an alternative to animal testing cloned factor C, the horseshoe crab protein that senses ...

They then isolate and lyse blood cells, producing a reagent called ... “standards for developing synthetic alternatives for bacterial endotoxin testing,” spending at least $470,000 between ...

Endotoxins, the lipopolysaccharides in the cell wall of small bacteria, are released when the bacteria have disintegrated; their hydrophobic nature draws them to common plastic labware ...

The novel Sievers Eclipse BET platform reduces endotoxin assay setup time by as much as 85% and decreases the use of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) reagent by up to 90%. At the same time ...

As soon as the bacteria entered the bloodstream, unleashing the poisonous endotoxin, the body began responding on its own. White blood cells, the hunter-killers of the immune system, locked onto ...

2008;53(3):227-235. Once they have colonized the uterine cavity, bacteria can not only infect the fetus but also can release endotoxins that, in sufficient quantities, are believed to initiate a ...