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$1 Million Settles Suit On Death In Gene StudyFrom: ainsron (dean@thehuffpeople.net)Thu Feb 10 16:14:40 2005
.. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- The University of Pennsylvania and the Children's National Medical Center have agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle fraud allegations related to the death of a teenager during a gene therapy experiment. Jesse Gelsinger, 18, of Tucson, Ariz., died on his fourth day in the study in 1999. The teen had suffered from an inherited disorder that blocks the body from properly processing nitrogen. Researchers had hoped to cure him by injecting him with a modified virus carrying a gene that could replace the medications and special diet that had been controlling his condition. The Food and Drug Administration concluded that the injection killed him. Gelsinger's family said the teen had been misled about the experiment's risks. Dean Huffman
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