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Researchers look to horseshoe crabs for help with a COVID vaccine

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CAPE MAY, N.J. - They are on the beach and folks probably don’t give them a second thought. For decades, horseshoe crabs have played a role in vaccine development.

Researchers are now looking at how they could help with a COVID vaccine.“The horseshoe crab is making an enormous contribution as the manufacturers get ready for the push,” stated Doctor Jim Cooper.Coronavirus vaccines are on the way, though nobody’s got a real due date.

Doctor Cooper says they’ll get here faster and be safer because of testing he helped develop in the 70s that relies on the blood of the horseshoe crab.“Probably more of the reagent is being used right now than will be used next year when they go into production, because they’re testing their methods for producing.

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