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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was a study conducted by the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) between 1932 and 1972. The study was designed to observe the natural progression of syphilis in African American men, but it was conducted without the informed consent of the participants and without proper medical treatment.

The study took place in Tuskegee, Alabama, and involved 399 men who were already infected with syphilis and 201 men who were without the disease. Participants were recruited under the false pretense of receiving free healthcare and were never informed of their diagnosis or the purpose of the study. Even after penicillin, a proven treatment for syphilis, became widely available in the 1940s, the study participants were not offered the treatment.

The study continued for 40 years, and 128 participants died directly from syphilis or related complications. In 1972, a newspaper article exposed the unethical nature of the study, leading to its termination and the creation of new regulations requiring informed consent in research studies.

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is widely recognized as one of the worst examples of unethical and racist healthcare research in modern history, and it has had significant and long-lasting effects on trust in healthcare providers and medical research in African American communities.