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15ft python named after Jodie Foster saved by human cancer treatment at Chester Zoo
A 15-foot python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster has made a full recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans. The 50kg reticulated python who came to Chester Zoo 20 years ago, underwent electrochemotherapy after a cancerous tumour returned following surgery and began invading her jawbone. Working alongside cancer specialists at the University of Liverpool, the zoo’s veterinary team adapted the treatment for use in a snake for the first time. Months after the procedure, Jodie is cancer-free, eating normally and back to her usual "bright and feisty" self. With no operating table built for a python of Jodie's size, keepers and vets improvised. She was anaesthetised in her own habitat before being carefully carried to the zoo’s veterinary centre.
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independent.co.uk
15-foot python benefits from human cancer treatment in world-first
The 23-year-old reticulated python has returned to her ‘bright and feisty self’ after receiving electrochemotherapy
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Fangs a lot! Sick snake called Jodie Foster given human cancer therapy
Vets at Chester Zoo say the 15ft-long reptile is back to her 'bright and feisty self' after electrochemotherapy for a tumour on her jawbone.
