The NYT Opinion piece you *should* read today: This one by Deborah Cramer on the urgency of approving a proven synthetic alternative to horseshoe-crab blood used in key medical testing. If that sounds esoteric, it isn't!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/drug-safety-horsehoe-crab.html?unlocked_article_code=wYxzVT045q2m3EAxr_ZEMZxWgcliy5kd1rpqAemGfxinmTnyZDllY6pwD-1wkUVeNpeVIkXHDC3MebiOIxBsDXhWhzpvIs9WRp81xcoqn6RoOJHtY5IMGV959BjH6qjEhYvjFnxE6BGQKLPR6A5u7wb7H72MJNPM-IFEFyJB0cZvkMHCikYaipmitGtRFLuff_gozdUTkmtwfr-AwqGGzl9WDjFSs5-r0liE4yPtxVCp1z1TBKZDJuGV2W-08LjGM1Qpp43PNsHhilqtgWHdJj0AcWwHNW8wLF0zs7vi-OSOFgwNTznarhgrolrpUymANCj8uZ-wy9nQz1P8mVLehXDz0A&smid=url-share

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