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Organ Donation: A Twin-Based Perspective / Research Reviews / Media Coverage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2012

Nancy L. Segal
Nancy L. Segal*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, California State University, United States of America
*
Address For Correspondence: Nancy L. Segal, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834,USA. E-mail: nsegal@fullerton.edu

Abstract

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Monozygotic cotwins are ideal organ donors for one another due to their genetic identity. The present report treats this topic differently, from the perspective of a monozygotic twin who donated her deceased twin sister's organs following her sister's untimely death. This discussion is followed by reviews of recent research concerning increased twinning rates in the United States, availability of informative kinship pedigrees, and twin discordance for physical activities. Noteworthy news items include ethical issues surrounding conjoined twin separation, a genomic discovery for diseased twins, China's One-Child Policy, a striking New Yorker Magazine cartoon, and twin delivery complications.

Type
News, Views, and Comments
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 262 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012