US EditionDetect the First Case of Transmission of a Rare Disease by Sperm Donor
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Hereditary angioedema due to factor 12 gene deficiency produces notable swellings that do not refer with anti-allergic treatments More information: A sperm donor with a genetic mutation has generated 197 children in Europe, 35 of them in Spain
The case of an 18-year-old patient from Lleida who suffered a mysterious succession of episodes of sudden inflammation of the skin — an angioedema, similar to urticaria but deeper — of unknown origin has made it possible to discover the first case in the world of transmission of a rare hereditary disease through the semen of an anonymous donor.
Researchers from the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital of Barcelona and the University Hospital of Santa Maria de Lleida have identified the first documented case in the world of transmission of a minority disease - hereditary angioedema - through an anonymous sperm donor in an assisted reproduction clinic.The work, published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Immunology, highlights the identification of several cases carrying the same genet…
Researchers affirm that 'zero risk does not exist', but that assisted reproduction is 'safe and guaranteed'
Assisted reproduction has a very guaranteed system in Spain, in which an extensive screening is carried out to try to avoid the possible transmission of diseases...
Professionals of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the Vall d'Hebron university hospital have described the first documented case in the world of anonymous hereditary angioedema transmission.The descendants of several women who received sperm from the same donor have developed the pathology.Continue reading...
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