Chester Zoo gives snake called Jodie Foster human cancer treatment as doctors hail 'world first'

Jodie is now back to her "normal, feisty self" vets at Chester Zoo say

The 23-year-old reticulated python has returned to her ‘bright and feisty self’ after receiving electrochemotherapy

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 Hol

Chester Zoo, in northwest England, said the 4.5m reticulated python had fully recovered.

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.

A U.K. zoo on Friday hailed 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).

The 23-year-old reticulated python, named after actress Jodie Foster, underwent electrochemotherapy for a tumour on her jawbone.

Vets at Chester Zoo say the 40kg reptile is back to her “bright and feisty self” after undergoing electrochemotherapy for a cancerous tumour on her jawbone

The 23-year-old reticulated python, named after actress Jodie Foster, underwent electrochemotherapy for a tumour on her jawbone.

A snake almost killed by a cancerous tumour has been saved after what's been called a world-first treatment - originally for humans.