title: Organ donation: a twin-based perspective.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, California State University, United States of America.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic