Experiments on Inmates

[Ian A. York]

In article <4loi8b$ebn at newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
Gumby1618 <gumby1618 at aol.com> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me if there has been cases of viral experiments on
>inmates.
>Past and present. 

I remember one with human adenovirus and a vaccine thereof - can't find 
the reference, it was in the early 60's, and I think it was reported in 
the Annals of the NY Acad Sci.  Inmates were volunteers.  
Note that human adenovirus causes essentially a mild cold, so we're not 
talking about severe symptoms here.  

It wasn't a good experiment, though, because the numbers were too small 
anyway.  I very much doubt that it would get past an ethics committee 
today.

Ian
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