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They have also used it in Albania, the sperm donor with the carcinogenic gene is the father of about 200 children in Europe
2025-12-10 11:45:11 / AKTUALITET
A wide-ranging international investigation has revealed that a sperm donor who unknowingly carried a genetic mutation that significantly increases the risk of cancer has enabled the birth of at least 197 children in at least 14 European countries, including Albania. The revelation has shocked the families affected and raised renewed concerns about the regulation of the international sperm market.
The donor, who has been undergoing the procedure since 2005 when he was a student, was found to have a mutation in the TP53 gene, known to cause the rare Li-Fraumeni syndrome. This mutation increases the risk of developing cancer during life, especially during childhood, as well as breast, brain, bone and leukemia tumors by up to 90%. While the donor himself is healthy, as the mutation is present in only about 20% of his sperm, children conceived from the affected sperm inherit the mutation in every cell of the body.
Some of the children born with this mutation have already been diagnosed with cancer, while others have died at a very young age. Doctors treating these children raised the alarm at an international conference this year, noting that a large number of similar cases were being linked to the same donor.
The investigation, led by 14 European public broadcasters including the BBC, found that donor sperm was distributed to 67 fertility clinics in countries including Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Greece, Poland, Ireland, North Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Georgia, Iceland, Cyprus and Albania. This mass distribution took place despite national restrictions on the number of families that can use a donor's sperm.
In Belgium, where the limit is six families per donor, his sperm was used by 38 women, giving birth to 53 children in that country alone. According to the European Sperm Bank, based in Denmark, the restrictions have been “unfortunately” breached in several countries.
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