Endotoxin Detection and Control in Pharma, Limulus, and Mammalian Systems

Endotoxin detection and control is a dynamic area of applied science that touches a vast number of complex subjects. The intersection of test activities includes the use of an ancient blood system from an odd “living fossil” (Limulus). It is used to detect remnants of the most primitive and destructive forms of life (prokaryotes) as contaminants of complex modern systems (mammalian and Pharma).

Recent challenges in the field include those associated with the application of traditional meth...