Unethical Experiments

Schism Between Ethical Principles and the US Regulatory System

ByVera Sharav August 13, 2009

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San Diego VA hospital Medical Research in Violation of Informed Consent
October 17, 2019September 17, 2021

A congressional hearing was held on October 16, 2019, to examine the allegations by two whistleblowers — Martina Buck, Ph.D., a UCSD and VA research scientist and her husband, Mario Chojkier, M.D., UCSD professor of medicine and a liver specialist at the VA Medical Center — that veterans at the…

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US Apologizes for Criminal Human Experiment
October 1, 2010

Does an "apology" suffice for criminal experimentation designed to cause harm?

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2000: “The Body Hunters” Exposed; 75 Experiments Halted at Oklahoma University
August 1, 2015September 17, 2021

2000: Office of Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) was shifted from NIH jurisdiction to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and was renamed Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP). OHRP posts letters of determination following investigations into ethical violations. See Government Investigations adapted from OPRR Compliance Oversight Investigations…

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Waived consent controversy: Video available_CNN: Paula Zahn
November 14, 2006November 21, 2014

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Doctors Deceived, Premature Infants’ Lives Sacrificed
April 23, 2013November 21, 2014

Extremely low weight premature infants have an approximately 20% mortality rate — if treated with the best current practice. These babies’ lives are at serious risk. . . .

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Despite Undisclosed Deaths, 10 Heart Attacks FDA Allows Blood Substitute Experiment With No Conset
February 27, 2006November 21, 2014

The Wall Street Journal reports: “The FDA is allowing Northfield [Laboratories, Inc] to test its blood substitute without the consent of the trauma patients, who often are unconscious.”

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