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A connection. at the center for neuropathology at look vic maximillian university in munich paris carr heads to a diagnostic lab to collect samples of brain tissue from two patients. the first comes from a patient who was still in the early stages of the disease when the microbe leo was still active. but were they destroying plaques. the second sample comes from a patient who had the aggressive form of alzheimers here the micro clio were defective. the researchers suspect the patients defective ...

Here is cnns chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with more on this indiana familys incredible journey. >> what matters in the end is that they love each other. >> when we started the story, none of us knew how it was going to end. >> when we decided to share our story, i did it with the intention of knowing that every day would be a miracle. >> i could almost keep them like this right now. because theyre so perfect. >> theyre beautiful. they are perfect. >> conjoined twins are exceeding...

The age of two if not separated. but separating them is risky and tedious. they share 5 to 7 centimeters of brain tissue. and for parents, the decision was obvious and brought them to dr. including this dramatic 27-hour operation where the boys went from being one to two. and those moments continued, full of surprise, wonder, joy and, yes, miracles. the boys seeing each other for the first time, nicole holding her babies for the first time. jaden biking and aniya starting to talk. after two year...

Theyre perfect. >> conjoined twins are exceedingly rare, only happening in 1 out of 200,000 live births. twins joined at the head are even more uncommon. 80% of twins joined at the head die at the age of two if not separated. they share 5 to 7 centimeters of brain tissue, and for the parents, the decision was obvious and brought them to dr. james goodrich. from the beginning, the mcdonalds invited us into every aspect of our lives, including this dramatic 27 hour operation where the boys went fr...

Hope for here is that its your daughter, but shes -- >> shes hurt, yes. >> -- pretty seriously hurt. >> mm-hmm. >> for the chapas, the wait was excruciating. and then their daughter returned with the news they had been praying for. >> she comes back down, she tells me, "mom, its grace." family and friends took turns at kristenes bedside, wondering if she would ever regain consciousness. >> i was talking to her, telling her that i was there, you know, that we loved her, you know. >> howd she look...

Hope for here is that its your daughter, but shes -- >> shes hurt, yes. >> -- pretty seriously hurt. >> mm-hmm. >> for the chapas, the wait was excruciating. and then their daughter returned with the news they had been praying for. >> she comes back down, she tells me, "mom, its grace." family and friends took turns at kristenes bedside, wondering if she would ever regain consciousness. >> i was talking to her, telling her that i was there, you know, that we loved her, you know. >> howd she look...

But shes -- already pretty seriously hurt. >> shes hurt. yes. >> reporter: for the chapas, the wait was excruciating. and then their daughter returned with the news they had been praying for. >> she comes back down. and she tells me, "mom, its kris." >> reporter: family and friends took turns at kristenes bedside wondering if she would ever regain consciousness. >> i was talking to her and telling her that i was there and that we loved her. >> howd she look? >> it was bad. it was so bad that you...

>> so grace assigned her eldest daughter that grim task. >> so, the best youre going to hope here is its your daughter. >> and shes hurt. >> shes pretty seriously hurt? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: for the chapas the wait was excruciating. and then their daughter came back down with the news, she said, mom, its kris. >> i was there. telling her we loved her. >> how did she look? >> it was bad. it was so bad that you couldnt even -- you didnt know it was her. >> reporter: the bullet had entered the ri...

This is. a three d. printer creates bone implants they customized for each individual which means even people with very serious cases can be helped for example when large areas of the skull have been damaged six. imagine you are an architect you build a wall tallest building. when the building architecture is finished you have to remove the skull hole. we remove the scaffold how do you remove it by creating it. into carbon dioxide and water so its a weird way radio to buy but the rate at. the mo...

For here is that its your daughter. but shes -- already pretty seriously hurt. >> shes hurt. yes. >> reporter: for the chapas, the wait was excruciating. and then their daughter returned with the news they had been praying for. >> she comes back down. and she tells me, "mom, its kris." >> reporter: family and friends took turns at kristenes bedside wondering if she would ever regain consciousness. >> i could see her little heart, you know, rise and fall. i got her hand and i was talking to her, ...