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For that reason, the Getty experiment may count more for its cautionary value than for its medical importance. Better to put the scientific community and the public on notice that the question of cross-species infections needs serious attention and debate. Otherwise, no one will be prepared when the real...
"Since Beth Israel is such an exceptional place, it is very well positioned to try this kind of experiment," Rudenstine said. "It also forms an interesting model for how to both formalize and stabilize the support for medical education and related research in a learning environment."
In a highly risky experiment, doctors infused bone marrow from a baboon into John Getty, a 38-year-old man dying of aids, in the hope of boosting his frail immune system. "I know I could die from the treatment,'' Getty said, "but I am certain that I will die...
Let's conduct a thought experiment. What would life at Harvard be like if students were in control?
What the experiment should tell us is that many times students simply don't know what is good for them. If the nightmarish scenario I've just painted does not convince you that we should have very little voice in our own affairs, allow me to lay out a few...