The 40-year Tuskegee Study was a major violation of ethical standards. None of the infected men were treated with penicillin despite the fact that by 1947, the antibiotic was widely available. The revelation led to the 1979 Belmont Report and to the establishment of the Office for Human Research Protections. President Bill Clinton formally apologized on behalf of the United States to victims of the study.
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