Jodie Foster the snake gets world-first cancer treatment
Jodie Foster cancer treatment
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- Dawn World PK·1h agoPioneering cancer treatment saves python at UK zoo
LONDON: A zoo in Britain hailed on Friday for curing a cancer-stricken python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, who became the first snake to receive an innovative treatment combining surgery and electrochemotherapy (ECT). Chester Zoo, in north-western England, said the…
Read at Dawn World PK → - The News Biz PK·13h agoPython makes remarkable recovery after world-first cancer treatment
A 15-foot python has been declared cancer-free after receiving a pioneering treatment normally used in humans, in what is believed to be a world first for snakes.Jodie Foster, a 23-year-old reticulated python at Chester Zoo in England, was diagnosed with fibrosarcoma, a…
Read at The News Biz PK → - Guardian International·1d agoPython 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…
Read at Guardian International → - Daily Mail News·1d agoFangs 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.
Read at Daily Mail News → - Sky News UK·1d agoJodie Foster the snake gets world-first cancer treatment
A snake almost killed by a cancerous tumour has been saved after what's been called a world-first treatment - originally for humans.
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