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science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children

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Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children

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science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39982131

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Yeah why are sperm banks using sperm from a single gene stock so extensively?

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