Lack of Research Ethics: Lessons from Tuskegee & Guatemala

Last month, I attended a lecture given by Dr. Susan Reverby, Escaping Melodrama: On Telling the Histories of the Infamous U.S. Medical Research Studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala.  Reverby has devoted a great deal of scholarly work to these clinical trials that are infamous for their lack of research ethics.

source: http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/601221/n/Infected

A quick timeline for reference:
1932 Tuskegee study begins
1943 Penicillin discovered as effective treatment for syphilis
1946-1948 Guatemala study
1972 Tuskegee study ends
1997 Apology from Pres. Clinton for Tuskegee
2010 Apology from Pres. Obama for Guatemala