title: Controversy of the year. Biomedical ethics on the front burner.
abstract: CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR: Biomedical Ethics on the Front Burner It was a hot year for debates over research ethics. Controversy erupted in late 1999 after the death of 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger in a gene-therapy clinical trial at the University of Pennsylvania. Because Penn and one of its clinicians had a financial stake in a gene-therapy company, questions about potential conflicts of interest arose at once.
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011640:Public Policy; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States