US & Guatemala Syphilis Experiments

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October 13, 2010
The US has officially apologized for a 1940s STD study that took place in Guatemala. During the study American scientists deliberately infected a number of prisoners and patients that were located in a mental health facility in Guatemala. The main disease that was tested was syphilis. The experiment was only recently unearthed, and the discovery of the experiment prompted US officials to apologize.

The experiment ran from 1946 to 1948 and was discovered by a medical historian for Wesley College. The test was conducted to find out if penicillin would prevent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. There was no useful information that was gained from the study, and the fact that mental hospital patients were used in the study has infuriated human's rights organizations.