Researchers knew study was unethical
(NEWSER) - When US government researchers conducted STD studies on Indiana prisoners in 1943-1944, they asked for volunteers and told them they'd be infected. When they experimented on Guatemalans a few years later, they were not nearly so scrupulous, according to the Washington Post . Doctors brought infected prostitutes to unwitting inmates or, when they were feeling less dainty, opened wounds in their victims' penises, faces, and arms with needles, then poured bacteria inside, a US investigation reported yesterday. More»
