In the Jesse Gelsinger Case, It Is True That

question 1

Multiple Choice

In the Jesse Gelsinger case, it is true that:

• A) Jesse was quite sick when he entered the study and had no other realistic options for a cure.
• B) Primary researcher James Wilson had no financial interest in the company making the experimental gene therapy for Jesse.
• C) Primary researcher James Wilson denied that a desire to be the first researcher to successfully use gene therapy played any role in his decision to treat Jesse.
• D) Penn medical ethicist Arthur Caplan claimed that chances were so slim for success in the Gelsinger case that any good results would be "a miracle and should be published in a religious journal."
• E) The Gelsinger family never settled in any way with Penn or its lawyers.

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