European man unaware he had a rare cancer-causing gene donated his sperm — 10 kids now have cancer

European man unaware he had a rare cancer-causing gene donated his sperm — 10 kids now have cancer


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The debate over how often a donor’s sperm should be used to conceive children has been reignited in Europe, after 67 children were birthed accidentally using the sperm of a man that had a rare cancer-causing mutation.

Ten of those 67 have been diagnosed with some form of cancer, The Guardian reported. More than 20 others are confirmed to have the variant.

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Ten of the 67 children his sperm helped conceive have developed cancers. AP

The families of two of the 10 contacted their fertility clinics after their children developed cancers associated with the gene variant TP53.

The European Sperm Bank had supplied the sperm, and was able to confirm the TP53 variant was present in

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