With recombinant lysate, a recombinant protein is an artificially produced (and often purified) protein. The recombinant process occurs,...

The European Pharmacopeia (Ph. Eur.) is proposing a series of changes in relation to the testing of pyrogens and for bacterial endotoxin...

The Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay is the compendial test for the examination of bacterial endotoxin in pharmaceutical produc...

A proposal has been made to amend the European Pharmacopeia chapter on guidance for the bacterial endotoxin test – chapter 5.1.10. ...

The European Commission has made an important announcement about endotoxin limits in relation to substances for pharmaceutical use. For ...

Horseshoe crabs' blue blood, which contains copper, not iron, is prized by the biomedical community for its ability to detect bacteria ...

Performance Characteristics Of Automated LAL Tests  By Tim Sandle, Ph.D, M.A., BSc (Hons), CBiol, MSBiol., MIScT Introduction ...

The World health Organization has updated its guidance document on the Bacterial Endotoxin Test. the document is available as a draft ...

American Pharmaceutical Review has issued a special supplement dedicated to endotoxin testing. The supplement features interesting ...

β-Glucans (beta-glucans) are polysaccharides of D-glucose monomers linked by β-glycosidic bonds. Glucans are important because they can...

The issue of beta-glucans and the relationship of these substances to the LAL test remains an important area not described in great detail...