The Tuskegee syphilis study involved hundreds of Black men who were not adequately informed of their syphilis diagnosis and were denied effective treatment, becoming a notorious example of unethical human-subject research. Conducted from 1932 to 1972, the program and the revelation of its practices contributed to major reforms governing medical research and clinical trials.
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