Bayer, Billings develop lobster blood skin cream to treat ailments, BDN reports
Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, and Cathy Billings, the institute’s associate director of communications and development, are creating a skin cream from lobster blood to treat dry skin, chapped lips, cold sores, minor cuts and burns, the Bangor Daily News reported. Bayer and Billings are partners in Lobster Unlimited, LLC, a private venture, unaffiliated with UMaine, that is developing the cream, called LobsteRx. CNBC also reported on the topic, citing the BDN article.