‘As many as 160 prisoners were injected with live cancer cells…’

March 7th, 2011

Via: The Columbus Dispatch:

Perhaps the most famous was the cancer-vaccine test. As many as 160 prisoners were injected with live cancer cells.

The study, co-sponsored by Ohio State and the Sloan-Kettering Research Institute, ran from 1956 until 1961. Eventually, researchers said they lost track of most of the prisoners and thus had no results.

Related: Dr. Mary’s Monkey by Edward T. Haslam

Research Credit: DR

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