The 53rd episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast examines the case of a donor whose sperm was used to conceive at least 197 children in at least 14 countries, when he (unknowingly) carried a genetic mutation that causes cancer. The podcast features contributions from Professor Allan Pacey, Dr Edwige Kasper, Allan Toft Jacobsen, Nanna Humle, Rachel Cutting, Professor Lucy Frith and Nina Barnsley.
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast) and also the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists, the British Fertility Society, CooperSurgical and Theramex (which supported the event featured in the 53rd episode).
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