article_snippet.sent: The victims of a horrific medical experiment run by the United States in Guatemala that deliberately infected individuals with syphilis in order to test drugs and study the disease are now suing Johns Hopkins University.
article_snippet.sent: Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom (right) described the syphilis experiments as 'crimes against humanity' at the time while President Obama and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized (left)
article_snippet.sent: a lawsuit against the U.S. government by many of the same plaintiffs in the current Hopkins lawsuit listed then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as defendants, who released a statement at the time saying; 'Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health.'
article_snippet.sent: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius then added; 'Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius deeply regret that it happened, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologize to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices.'
article_snippet.sent: For more than half a century since the time of the Guatemala study, scholars, ethicists and clinicians have worked with government officials to establish rigorous ethical standards for human research.
article_snippet.sent: Johns Hopkins welcomes bioethical inquiry into the U.S. Government's Guatemala study and the U.S. Government's legacy,' Johns Hopkins spokeswoman Kim Hoppe told The Baltimore Sun said in an email. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Victims and their families of a US study that infected individuals with syphilis in Guatemala without individuals with syphilis in Guatemala knowledge are suing Johns Hopkins .
  