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Medicine And The Horseshoe Crab

Medicine And The Horseshoe Crab

Short Wave · NPR

April 22, 202113m 44s

Show Notes

Horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years — nearly unchanged. And their blood has helped the medical world make some fascinating discoveries. Emily Kwong talks with Ariela Zebede about these living fossils and their role in making medicine safer.

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