October 2, 2002
Steven Peckman, Associate Director
Office for the Protection of Research Sub...
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October 2, 2002
Steven Peckman, Associate Director
Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
University of California Los Angeles
Dear Mr. Peckman:
This letter is to express my concern regarding UCLA's support and participation in experimental AIDS research trials using human subjects that have been carried out in Guangzhou, China, since 1994. These experiments consist of giving malaria to people already suffering from HIV and full-blown AIDS.
It is unclear how UCLA can maintain an Office for the Protection of Research Subjects, meanwhile participating in ongoing offshore human experiments which have been denounced as medical atrocities by the World Health Organization, Public Citizen, and prominent bioethics professionals. Yet numerous documents indicate the participation of UCLA researchers, the use of school lab facilities, and the use of UCLA's name for fundraising for this discredited work.
As your office must be aware, these experiments have been conducted under the direction of Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, known for the Heimlich maneuver, with the participation of two UCLA researchers, Dr. John L. Fahey and Dr. Najib Aziz. The project director in China is a former UCLA postdoctoral student, Dr. Xiao Ping Chen.
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