Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment
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Fri, 21 August 2026
5 reports- The Guardian World04:00first to report
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...
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- aol.co.uk21 Aug, 04:00their copy
- Index.hr (Croatia)04:48
MREŽASTI piton Jodie Foster (23) iz zoološkog vrta u Chesteru prva je zmija na svijetu uspješno liječena od raka čeljusti elektrokemoterapijom.
- bssnews.net05:00
LONDON, Aug 21, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A UK zoo on Friday hailed curing a cancer-stricken python named after Hollywood star
- kesq.com13:30
By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A 15-foot python has made an impressive 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 50-kilogram (110-pound) reticulated python, named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, lives at Chester Zoo in England’s northwest.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)17:26
A 23-year-old python at a UK zoo underwent an innovative procedure after a cancerous tumor returned in her jaw