Chester Zoo's python Jodie Foster is cancer-free after becoming the first snake treated with electrochemotherapy, a technique adapted from human oncology.

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.

Chester Zoo and cancer specialists from the University of Liverpool adapted electrochemotherapy treatments, often used on humans for skin cancer, to suit Jodie, the 110-pound python, and her malignant ...

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All animals possess some capacity for repairing and replacing the lining of their intestines, a process called intestinal regeneration. In mammals, including humans, this constant but relatively minor ...

Jodie Foster, a 23-year-old python, became the first snake to receive electrochemotherapy, previously a cancer treatment only ...

A 15ft python named Jodie Foster is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually reserved for humans.