Neurosurgeons at UC Davis censured after trying out probiotic treatments on brain cancer patients

First do no harm. If they died more painfully or faster than they would have otherwise, then certainly not good medicine. Sometimes genius can be hampered by committee decisions, but if you’re talking experimentation on humans, I think oversight is not something you get to skip.
I’m not sure probiotic is the correct term, as I think that implies a non-pathological strain. Here’s an old school Nobel prize winning example of something similar:

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