Guatemala Syphilis Experiments Shock, But U.S. Drug Trials Still Exploit the Third World

Guatemala Syphilis Experiments Shock, But U.S. Drug Trials Still Exploit the Third World - ABC News: A commission set up last year by President Barack Obama has revealed that 83 Guatemalans died in U.S. government research that infected hundreds of prisoners, prostitutes and mental patients with the syphilis bacteria to study the drug penicillin -- a project that the group called "a shameful piece of medical history."

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