European Sperm Bank ApS - Donor: 8195/Ejna New
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it had been informed by the Danish tissue bank European Sperm Bank ApS that the donor had been diagnosed with long QT syndrome because a pathogenic variant in the KCNQ1 gene called KCNQ1 (NM_000218.2) c.1588C>T, p.(Gln530Ter) had been identified in his DNA.
The donor/gametes have been permanently blocked.
If you have any questions, please contact the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care at gewebevigilanz@basg.gv.at or contact the tissue bank from which the sperm donation was obtained directly.
This letter corresponds to the current information status of the BASG. Further information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.