US apologises for infecting prisoners with syphilis

The US government today apologised to Guatemala for a study 60 years ago in which American scientists deliberately infected prisoners there with syphilis.

US apologises for infecting prisoners with syphilis
Fri, 01 Oct, 2010 - 19:45

The US government today apologised to Guatemala for a study 60 years ago in which American scientists deliberately infected prisoners there with syphilis.

The 1946 experiment was apparently conducted to test the effectiveness of penicillin, which was relatively new then, in treating sexually transmitted diseases.

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