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She described it as a "distressing" case and told jurors they would be discharged from serving on future crown court trials for life.

For example, colorectal cancer, which has multiple treatment options but poor outcomes in the late stages, is an ideal candidate for clinical trials of this approach.

"The pipeline from bench to bedside is decades-long and often things that work in animals fail when they get to clinical trials. Is it taking so long because sex isn't being considered enough?" said Rowe.

This requires further clinical trials and improvements to the programme.

Then the team conducted a series of efficacy and dosing trials with mice: