Embryonic origin of cancer in newborn twins
Barbara Walkowiak, Sadie Baskind, Manàs Dave, Pooja Balasubramanian, Nathaniel D. Anderson, Jonathan Kennedy, Thomas R. W. Oliver, Rohan Verma, Sarita Depani, Simon Hannam, Tom A. Watson, Dyanne Rampling, Karin C. M. Straathof, Liina Palm, John Ciaran Hutchinson, , Sam Behjati
The paper uses whole genome sequencing to study cancer spread between monozygotic twins, revealing asymmetrical embryonic lineage contributions to the placenta and twins.
Nature Communications · Oct 6, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology