Editorial: Reckoning with UCSF's dark history of unethical medical experiments on inmates (via latimesopinion )
studied the progression of syphilis in Black men without informing them about their diagnosis or providing treatment when it became available. Many of our nation’s most vaunted institutions endorsed and benefited from such research.
UCSF requested the investigation after finding out that Maibach and Epstein long ago trained with Dr. Albert Kligman, a University of Pennsylvania faculty member whosefor more than two decades exposed them to dangerous chemicals, including viruses, fungi, LSD and dioxin, a carcinogen used in Agent Orange. The experiments led to the invention of the acne medication Retin-A and anti-aging medication Renova.
UCSF has taken important first steps in acknowledging and apologizing for the harms its researchers caused the inmates and their families. Now, it should move expeditiously in adopting all the recommendations made by researchers at the Program for Historical Reconciliation. This includes developing an oral history of people subjected to research at the California Medical Facility from 1955 to 1977, and conducting an investigation of the Solano Institute for Medical and Psychiatric Research.
It’s imperative that the institution continue the necessary work of educating the medical community about this painful chapter of medical experimentation. Too many experiments and forced medical procedures have been conducted on vulnerable populations to think it can’t happen again. It’s also important to fully account for past wrongdoings to begin rebuilding trust from these communities.
For years, the medical community conducted experiments on vulnerable communities with impunity. Though it has taken UCSF too long to offer its apology, it’s never too late to try to make amends.
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