Arrangements could be made to ensure long-term research access to privately owned artifacts with significant information content, as well. There are certainly wrecks that should never be disturbed, but there are others whose excavation is appropriate, even urgent, and there is no reason that commercial interests and archaeologists can't cooperate to undertake such excavation. My heart and my sympathy go out to Jesse Gelsinger's family and friends. Before I participated in the trial, I fully considered the meaning of the word trial. As any trial is an experiment, risks are inherent.
People take senseless risks all the time that sometimes end in tragedy.
Jesse Gelsinger's death may have been tragic, but at least he died a hero. My husband has been suffering from severe back pain for the past six months and has been depressed, frustrated, and angered not only by the pain but by the lack of knowledge, resources, and sympathy from friends, family, and the medical community. As mentioned in your article, he is one of the people who have been bounced around from doctor to doctor, given a plethora of contradictory diagnoses, and ultimately told to wait it out . Your article legitimized the severity of his condition and helped all of us who, thankfully, do not suffer from this debilitating injury to understand this experience. Yes, it's true that the American Medical Association used to forbid its members from referring patients to doctors of chiropractic.