US apologizes for '40s syphilis study in Guatemala

WASHINGTON – American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a recently unearthed experiment that prompted U.S. officials to apologize Friday and declare outrage over "such reprehensible research."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/health/research/02infect.html?_r=1