In the book they give examples of some very unethical research methods utilized by some researchers e.g. Tuskegee syphilis studies and the dissection of alive people to study organ function performed by Nazi doctors. Reading these extreme experiments lead me to wonder what happened to the data obtained. Would it be acceptable to utilize the results they have retieved for further (ethical) studies ? What if the data was invaluable?
I wondered the same thing. There have been numerous research studies done in the past that are seen as unethical but what did happen to the results? I wonder who and how anyone was able to use results from an unethical experiment. Does anyone think a researcher should use results from experiments such as those described in the book or should they not because it would be unethical?
ReplyDeleteThere was a prominent researcher in Korea, Hwang Woo-suk, that flubbed his results in articles published in high profile journals. One article he was famous for claimed to have successfully created human embryonic stem cells from cloning. The paper was later retracted and he was indicted with embezzlement and bioethics law violations linked to faked stem cell research.
ReplyDeleteI know the title is data obtained through unethical experiments, but Hwang's case was unethical data obtained from experiments =) Twisty loopty toop.
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