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Unethical HIV drug test triggers experts outrage

Researchers have been accused of not following proper protocol and failing to do a proper risk assessment. [Courtesy]

Scientists want their colleagues who partnered with two Dutch doctors to put Kenyans on unethical HIV treatment punished.

The Dutch doctors working with a Kenyan medic and a nurse had in 2006 put 228 HIV patients through what Dutch authorities now say were unethical drug trials.

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