Python Named Jodie Foster Cured of Cancer with Pioneering Treatment
A 15-foot python named Jodie Foster has become the first snake to be successfully treated for cancer using electrochemotherapy, a pioneering treatment typically used in humans. The snake has made a full recovery after the unusual medical intervention.
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Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment
Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jaw A 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans. The 50kg reticulated python, named Jodie Foster after the Hollywood star, has just turned 23 and lives at Chester zoo. Keepers first became concerned that she may be unwell when she began eating less and spending more time inactive in her...
By Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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The 23-year-old reticulated python has returned to her ‘bright and feisty self’ after receiving electrochemotherapy
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