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The Death Of Jesse Gelsinger: New Evidence Of The Influence Of Money And Prestige In Human Research, Robin Fretwell Wilson
The Death Of Jesse Gelsinger: New Evidence Of The Influence Of Money And Prestige In Human Research, Robin Fretwell Wilson
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Ten years ago, Jesse Gelsinger died while participating in a human gene therapy trial at the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”). His death came to signify the corrosive influence of financial interests in human subjects research. After Jesse's death, the media reported that one researcher. Dr. James Wilson, held shares in a biotech company, Genovo, which stood to gain from the research's outcome — shares that The Wall Street Journal later valued at $13.5 million, although Wilson maintains he did not make nearly this much. At the time Penn authorized Wilson's deal, internal Penn documents implicitly valued Wilson's stake in Genovo …