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Hillman is confident there will be no " horizontal transmission , " but just to be sure , the spouses of Phase I testers will be monitored . But there could be a hitch with the FDA : Hillman is not sure whether patients can transfer the new strain to others with , say , just a kiss . The Court also noted that the rule in Hillman is operative only when the evidence is in equipoise , which the court found was not the situation before it . " The dentist will apply our bacteria and then tell the patient to go home and eat sugar , " Hillman says .