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Nearly 200 children across Europe have been conceived by sperm from a donor carrying a gene that dramatically increases the risk of developing cancer, according to a new report released on Wednesday, Dec. 10

The man first started donating sperm when he was a student in 2005 and is thought to have passed screening checks

The BBC reported that some children had already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer during their lifetimes

Nearly 200 children have been conceived by sperm from a donor carrying a gene that dramatically increases the risk of developing cancer, according to a report.

A major investigation released by the BBC confirmed that the sperm had been sold to families across Europe by Denmark's European Sperm Bank (ESB). The anonymo

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