Sperm donor passed on sudden death heart defect
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 15:28
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (AP) -- A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report....
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