👉 The term "human experiments" by the Columbia University (Human Experimental Research Group, or HERM) refers to a controversial series of unethical and often illegal research studies conducted at their medical school between the 1930s and early 1950s. These experiments involved subjects being subjected to harmful procedures without proper consent, such as administering lethal doses of drugs to study toxicity without anesthesia or treatment for severe burns, highlighting a troubling disregard for human rights and ethical standards in medical research.
