Answer:
D. Death of Jesse Gelsinger.
Explanation:
IRB stands for Institutional Review Board. The main function of this board is to protect and prevent the rights of human subjects in any research study.
Jesse Gelsinger was the first person to die in a clinical research study trial done at University of Pennsylvania. He died out of a gene trial.
Jesse enrolled for a clinical trial at the university which worked on developing a cure for the infants born with severe disease. He was injected with adinorviral vector but he died after four days later.
So this case was brought to public attention.
Hence the correct answer is -- D. Death of Jesse Gelsinger.
