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Science 16 May 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5315, p. 1022
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5315.1022
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News & Comment

AIDS:
Ethics of AZT Studies in Poorer Countries Attacked

Jon Cohen

At a congressional hearing on bioethics held 8 May, a consumer-advocacy organization branded as unethical drug trials in developing countries aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV from mothers to infants. The U.S. government-sponsored studies incorporate a control group of pregnant women who receive only a placebo. But researchers and their sponsors vigorously defended the trials, testifying that they may answer critical questions for HIV-infected women in poor countries.

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