Web Sites

Biomedical Applications:
Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL)

The Useful Horseshoe Crab
http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/biobulletin/ biobulletin/story788.html

Drugs of the Deep
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/198_deep.html

The History of Limulus and Endotoxin
http://www.mbl.edu/animals/Limulus/blood/index.html

Vision

Vision in Limulus
http://www.mbl.edu/animals/Limulus/vision/index.html

Photoreception
From Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/eb/print?eu=117500

The Extra Special Courtship of Horseshoe Crabs
Focus on vision and eye research
http://www.creationresearch.org/creation_matters/97/cm9701.html#Horseshoe_Crabs

1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to H. Keffer Hartline
Presentation speech
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1967/press.html

Biography for H. Keffer Hartline
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1967/hartline-bio.html (hartline bio)

Halting Eye Disease
Highlights Dr. Barlow's research on degenerative eye disease, with photo of CrabCam
http://www.upstate.edu/hr/outlook/outlook_spring03/research_page2.shtml

"Eyecatching News"
Provides transcripts/video clips of TV interview, etc., with ophthalmologist Dr. Barlow
http://www.upstate.edu/eye/news/newsarch.shtml#barlowixt