[jhbadger]

>"We" decided that Tuskegee was bad enough that it should be stopped before harm is done, and that there is no appropriate or sufficient "punish[ment] in retrospect" for the fallout.

The thing is, although you and the linked article seem to be associating IRB approval just with human studies, these days you need it for mouse studies.

[billjive]

There are different IRBs to review animal research[1]. I believe it created for an ethical framework around the use of animals in science. Same thing: what are "we" accepting of when it comes to research of this nature?

[1] example: https://animalcare.umich.edu/institutional-animal-care-use-c...