154: The Science of Vanishing Twin Syndrome

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🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes twins can battle it out while in the womb, resulting in one of them just... disappearing. This is vanishing twin syndrome, and it's far more common than you may first think.

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References & Further Reading

Twins & Pregnancy
https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/identical-twins
https://www.twins.org.au/twins-and-families/about-twins/171-mirror-image-twins
https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/finding-out/pregnant-with-twins/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/miscarriage/

Vanishing Twins
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK563220/#:~:text=Vanishing%20twin%20syndrome%2C%20as%20the,image%20of%20a%20vanishing%20twin.
https://time.com/4091210/chimera-twins/
https://www.livescience.com/teens-twin-found-inside-adbomen-fetus-in-fetu.html

Gestational Sac
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551624/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Sci guys, the show where we talk about the crazy weird and wonderful stories from the science world.
0:12.8	I'm Corey and as always I'm joined by my co-hosts, Jamp and Luke Cutford.
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0:32.3	This week we're talking about evanescent embryos and battling babies.
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1:01.4	The question is, do you have any siblings? Do you have any siblings?
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1:08.4	We actually got to answer it this week. We were allowed. Yeah.
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1:15.6	So now we're allowed to answer.
1:16.6	As I said though, this month our patrons voted for vanishing twin syndrome, which is a condition
1:20.0	that sounds a lot more mystical than it actually is?
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