A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children across Europe, some of whom have already died from the disease, according to ...

A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 ...

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

Because only part of the man's sperm carried the mutation, only the second round of genetic testing revealed the problem. By ...

A sperm donor, who is an asymptomatic carrier of a genetic mutation increasing the risk of cancer, was used to conceive nearly 200 children worldwide, Denmark's public broadcaster revealed Wednesday.

A journalistic investigation has uncovered a case that raises serious medical and ethical concerns: a sperm donor who ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a genetic disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system and brain, leading to a loss ...

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same ...

A genetic mutation that carries a 90% cancer risk has been passed on by an unwitting sperm donor to dozens of children, a Europe-wide investigation has revealed.

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

A Danish sperm donor, who was unknowingly carrying a rare genetic mutation linked to cancer, has fathered over 197 children around the world from 2006 ...

A child was diagnosed with a rare, life-shortening gene mutation at three months old after his parents noticed “something was ...