Mono-di twins share a placenta, which means they need extra monitoring to make sure they're getting enough nutrients and ...

Di-di twins are like roommates with their own room and fridge. They each have their own placenta and amniotic sac – and ...

These guarantee that our models are physiological even though they are not patient-specific.” This is the first step toward placenta digital twins. Armita Najmi, a Ph.D. candidate in Grande ...

A man who survived an acid attack in 2023 received "special" surgery for his eye when a mother donated her placenta.

A twin pregnancy is when there are two fetuses in the uterus at the same time. Twins can be identical, meaning they developed when a single fertilized egg split early in development, or fraternal, ...

Examining each twin’s DNA will reveal whether they are identical or fraternal; fraternals also normally have separate amniotic sacs, as well as separate placentas. Are boy-girl twins always ...

These twins share one placenta and one amniotic sac, and are the rarest type of twins, with only one in five twin pregnancies falling into this category. As the twins share everything, it means ...

Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) is a condition that involves uneven blood flow between twins sharing a placenta, leading to significant health challenges. It affects at least 10% of twin ...

Figure 3. Placenta and umbilical vessels of Patient 2 after air infusion. The placental areas and diameters of the umbilical cords of twins A and B are shown. The vessels were separated from each ...