Nuremburg Code

What is the Nuremburg Code?

Answer

• A set of research ethics/principles for human experimentation
• Set as a result of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials at the end of WW2
• The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials were a series of military court cases
• These trials were held against surviving members of the Nazis
• Held in the in Nuremberg at the Palace of Justice from 1946-49

Why was it established?

• Word got out of the terrible experiments Nazi doctors would perform
• Judges in court wanted to insure this would never happen again
• After hearing all the military court cases, the Nuremberg code was created
• First code: no one could be subject to experimentation without consent
• Without the Nuremberg codes, we wouldn't have set rules/regulations.

HiV vaccine trials

• HIV Vaccine Trials are a network of experimental vaccines to prevent AIDS
• The Nuremberg code can relate in many ways
• The Nuremberg code gives people the freedom of consent for the experiments
• If a person believes the trials are too dangerous, they can partake or not
• The Nuremberg code gives them the right to choose to partake

How close are we to having an HIV Vaccine

• There have been and still are many attempts at making HIV Vaccines
• The HIV Vaccine Trials are a part of those attempts
• Even after all the trials, there still isn't an effective vaccine
• Even though there's no vaccine we are still closer everyday
• This disease is difficult to fight because its immunities.