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http://news.yahoo.com/2-uc-davis-su...uman-research-200838532--abc-news-health.html
The FDA has banned these two from conducting human research....research that the physicians characterized as "innovative new treatment for brain tumors."
I had to read this article twice.
They have jeopardized the federal funding for the school with this maverick approach-they injected bacteria into the head wounds of terminally ill patients (the patients permitted it) in the hopes of creating a bacterial infection that would cause the patients to live longer.
Surprise surprise, two of the patients died of sepsis.
I have no medical training, but even I can see that this is a bad idea. And I wonder how competent patients are with brain tumors who are so far along in their march towards death that they would permit their bodies to be used in this fashion.
The FDA has banned these two from conducting human research....research that the physicians characterized as "innovative new treatment for brain tumors."
I had to read this article twice.
They have jeopardized the federal funding for the school with this maverick approach-they injected bacteria into the head wounds of terminally ill patients (the patients permitted it) in the hopes of creating a bacterial infection that would cause the patients to live longer.
Surprise surprise, two of the patients died of sepsis.
I have no medical training, but even I can see that this is a bad idea. And I wonder how competent patients are with brain tumors who are so far along in their march towards death that they would permit their bodies to be used in this fashion.
These physicians claim that it wasnt human research, it was treatment. This does not pass the smell test for me, but again no medical training here.The surgeons said they were given consent by three terminal patients with glioblastomas, tumors that arise from the supportive tissue of the brain, to insert bacteria into their head wounds. The doctors believed the bacteria would create a postoperative infection that could help the patients live longer, according to documents included in the letter to the FDA.
That's it. No sanctions, no license review. HUH?Muizelaar was ordered to hand off his clinical investigations, while Schrot was required to take the FDA's Clinical Investigator Training Course "to assure he possesses requisite knowledge to perform future studies, if and as permitted," the letter stated.