The Tuskegee Study Was an Experiment, Conducted from 1932 to 1972

question 58

Multiple Choice

The Tuskegee study was an experiment, conducted from 1932 to 1972, in which poor African American men were left untreated in order to gain information about the progression of which disease?

• A) HIV/AIDS
• B) Syphilis
• C) Gonorrhea
• D) Chlamydia

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Definitions:

Transfer Electrons

The movement of electrons from one atom or molecule to another, a fundamental process in chemical reactions and electricity conductance.

Dehydrogenation

A form of oxidation in which hydrogen atoms are removed from a molecule.

Hydrogen Atoms

The simplest atoms consisting of only one proton and one electron.

NAD+

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme involved in redox reactions, serving as an electron carrier in metabolic processes.