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Doctor whose son died on football pitch calls for urgent overhaul of inherited disease notification system

A doctor whose teenage son died from a sudden cardiac arrest during a football game has called for the system of cascading genetic information within families to be overhauled.Adam Ankers was just 17 when he died in early 2024 while playing in a match for Wycombe Wanderers Foundation under-19 team.b

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