Britons given sperm with cancer gene

SEVERAL British women have received sperm from a donor who carries a cancer-causing gene, fertility regulators said.

- ELLA PICKOVER

His gene mutation raises the risk of cancer by up to 90% and he has fathered at least 197 children across Europe. A “very small” number of Britons were given his sperm during fertility care in Denmark, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said. All have be