Jack Levin (born October 11, 1932) is an American physician-scientist and hematologist who, with Fred Bang, developed the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test for bacterial endotoxins.
Jack Levin attended Yale School of Medicine (M.D.,1957).
[3] His studies of blood coagulation in Limulus, the horseshoe crab, performed at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA), identified the key role of amebocytes, the only type of circulating blood cell in the horseshoe crab, in blood coagulation.
[5] In 2014, Dr. Levin received a special award from the Parenteral Drug Association in recognition of the 50th anniversary of his initial description of the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) test.
[6] In 2019, he received a Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),[7] which recognizes researchers whose seemingly obscure, federally funded research has led to major breakthroughs in biomedical research, medical treatments, and computing and communications technologies.