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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Megan Howe

Sperm with cancer-causing gene used to father nearly 200 children

A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across Europe — some of whom have already died.

Only a minority of children who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes, it is understood.

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