article_snippet.sent: The man, known only as Donor 7042, carries a defective gene known as neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) that can pass on a severe, life-limiting condition to The man, known only as Donor 7042 offspring.
article_snippet.sent: Ten of Scroll have already been diagnosed with NF1 – a condition which can increase the risk of cancer, cause learning difficulties and reduce a sufferer’s lifespan by up to 15 years.
article_snippet.sent: NF1 is a rare disease, but the terrible spread of the gene via this prolific Danish donor highlights the worrying dangers of the widespread use of a single donor.
article_snippet.sent: Managing director Peter Bower has previously stated that Donor 7042 could not be ‘clinically classified as having NF1, as it only occurs in some of Managing director Peter Bower cells’.
highlights_snippet.sent: Donor 7042 carries defective gene known as neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1)
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ten of the donor's offspring have already been diagnosed with NF1 .
  