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Will an identical twin often get the same disease as the other?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Not unless genetic.: Most identical twins actually have increasingly divergent life paths due to their encounters with various pathogens, toxins and environmental factors at variable succession and timings. Their genetic make-up may be identical, however their acquired immunity and responses to external stimuli are as different as with any two siblings.

Answered 12/9/2013

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