Hiss-tory Made: Jodie Foster Becomes First Snake To Receive Pioneering Cancer Therapy
A 23-year-old reticulated python named Jodie Foster is believed to have become the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment normally used on humans after developing a malignant tumour in her jaw. The 15-foot (4.5-metre), 50kg python, which lives at Chester Zoo, underwent electrochemotherapy after surgery to remove the tumour failed to prevent it from returning. Keepers…
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