July 25, 2001 Bioethics and Big Bucks – US NEWS In a July 14 infomail about the ethics of cloning, and bioethicist Glenn McGee’s letter of resignation from the “ethics advisory board” of Advanced Cell Technology, I asked: “how can bioethicists retain their professional integrity when they become servants of…
Government Agency Caves in to Johns Hopkins pressure July 21, 2001 In its July 19 letter to Johns Hopkins, the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) outlined serious violations beyond those in the experiment that killed a healthy volunteer. Those violations raised concerns about the safety of ALL human subjects…
OHRP suspends Johns Hopkins Research license for Fed funded research July 19, 2001 The death of Ellen Roche, a healthy young woman before she was killed in a fatal hexamethonium inhalation experiment at Johns Hopkins University, has opened Pandora’s box, demonstrating that the safety of human research subjects has had…
Johns Hopkins Admits Fault in Fatal Experiment July 17, 2001 The experiment that killed Ellen Roche, a healthy 24 year old volunteer–who was clearly not informed about the risks she was incurring by breathing hexamethonium–demonstrates that there are no protections that ordinary people can rely on, when they become research…
Feb-March, 2001. Boston Globe series by Alice Dembner documents harm to children in clinical trials DANGEROUS DOSAGE Published on February 18, 2001. Author(s): Alice Dembner, Globe Staff TESTING CHILDREN’S DRUGS Published on March 18, 2001. TEDDY BEARS AND VEILED THREATS Published on March 20, 2001. Author(s): Alice Dembner, Globe Staff…
Seattle Times Series on Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 2001 Seattle Times Series, UNINFORMED CONSENT An in-depth, documented, 5-part investigative series, in The Seattle Times, beginning Sunday, March 11, 2001, turned the spotlight on cancer research at the world renowned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle — with supporting documents available…
June 12, 1999 The Washington Post N.Y. Research Centers Faulted in Child Study Patient Protection Is Found Lacking By Rick Weiss Saturday, June 12, 1999; Page A02 A yearlong federal investigation into alleged research abuses of children in New York City came to a close yesterday with the release of…
Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children Please do not place young children in jeopardy by testing this vaccine on them. Children’s bodies and minds are still fragile and growing, and a vaccine that has so far caused many adverse reactions in adults can…
May 30, 1998. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Editorial. “Protect the mentally ill.” p. 38 What sort of physician would take schizophrenics off their medications and give them drugs known to cause paranoia just to see how the patients react? What sort of unscrupulous researchers would give psychotic patients amphetamines to worsen…
The New York Times May 19, 1998 Psychiatric Researchers Under Fire By PHILIP J. HILTS ANDREW BROWNSTEIN, a severe manic-depressive, was desperate. None of his medicines could keep the anxiety and depression of his illness at bay. So in the fall of 1994, he agreed to become a research subject…
April 26, 1998 The New York Post POLS TO SEEK TIGHTER KID DRUG-TEST REGS By DOUGLAS MONTERO Pg. 028 Two city congressmen are calling for tighter controls over controversial drug experiments on kids conducted at several New York institutions – and around the country. The Post has learned that Cornell…
April 22, 1998 The New York Post FDA BOSS TO ANSWER TO CONGRESS FOR DRUG TESTS ON KIDS BY DOUGLAS MONTERO Pg. 012 The head of the Food and Drug Administration will be grilled by congressional probers today on why his agency allowed a psychiatric institute to experiment on city…
