Confronting the Killer Gene
Season 16Episode 9Season 16Episode 11

E10 Confronting the Killer Gene

NOVA / Season 16 / Episode 10

29 Mar, 1989 · 55min

 
Season 16Episode 9Season 16Episode 11

E10 Confronting the Killer Gene

NOVA / Season 16 / Episode 10

29 Mar, 1989 · 55min

 

Arlo, Nancy and Janice each have a 50/50 chance of developing a devastating nerve disorder. A laboratory test can tell them if in fact they will fall victim. In their shoes, would you take the test? Thousands of others face a similar choice: to know, or not know, if they will carry the genetic time bomb of Huntington's disease. NOVA looks at this incurable disease which affects 20,000 people in... see more

Arlo, Nancy and Janice each have a 50/50 chance of developing a devastating nerve disorder. A laboratory test can tell them if in fact they will fall victim. In their shoes, would you take the test? Thousands of others face a similar choice: to know, or not know, if they will carry the genetic time bomb of Huntington's disease. NOVA looks at this incurable disease which affects 20,000 people in... see more
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