Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/python-jodie-foster-snake-cancer-electrochemotherapy

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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I don't think Jodie Foster is a snake, but I guess it is ok that she is the first one to receive the new cancer treatment if the python said so...

idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d

Maybe it’s like calling someone “humane” for us.

HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 2d

The state of the science for reptile care is advancing so fast that we sometimes still don't know what a reasonable lifespan in captivity is for some species. She might have gotten 10 years in 1980 but now 25 is feasible.

BeUnique@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1d

Great, now our shapeshifting lizard people oligarchs will rule for thousands more years!

I hate that I have to mention I'm kidding because so many people believe that's real these days...

NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2d

Finally some good fucking news

daychilde@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1d

Well, I have some good news: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/john-hinckley-jr-says-of-jodie-foster-now-i-wish-her-well/

I live in Newport News but spent several years in Williamsburg, where he lives. At one point he was trying to open a music store that would have been in the strip mall next to where I have dialysis.

Just amused by the timing of that (he doesn't make the news often here, but occasionally…) vs. this article. (He shot Reagan in a weird attempt to get Jodie Foster to like him)

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d

JFA