This research direction is an example of "cargo-cult science" [1] as Feynman understands the term. (That does not mean that the hypothesis is necessarily wrong.) There is a reason for "in mice" being an internet meme [2].
[1] https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm
[2] https://nitter.eu/justsaysinmice