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Lobster blood could be antiviral medicine

January 30, 2017 — We here at FishOn love lobsters for so many reasons. They taste great. They generate employment here in the commonwealth’s most lucrative lobster port and they provide the only real use for that gigantic pot in our cupboard.

Now there’s another reason to love man’s favorite crustacean.

Researchers in Maine have determined that uncooked lobster hemolymph — a fluid equivalent to blood in most invertebrates — has a number of antiviral, medicinal purposes and may even be effective against the viruses that cause shingles and warts.

 According to the Bangor Daily News, the industry researchers have even developed a lobster blood-based healing cream called LobsterRx that is supposed to be the cat’s whiskers for treating dry skin, chapped lips, cold sores, minor cuts and burns.

Read the full story at the Gloucester Times

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