NOVA · SEASON 16
Confronting the Killer Gene
Episode 10 · 1989-03-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
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 the US and threatens tens of thousands of others.
55 minutes
Season 16 episodes
1. Hot Enough for You?1989-01-17
2. The Last Journey of a Genius1989-01-24
3. The Strange New Science of Chaos1989-01-31
4. Back to Chernobyl1989-02-14
5. God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs1989-02-21
6. Adrift on the Gulf Stream1989-02-28
7. Secrets of Easter Island (1)1989-03-07
8. Legends of Easter Island (2)1989-03-07
9. The World Is Full of Oil!1989-03-21
10. Confronting the Killer Gene1989-03-28
11. The Hidden City1989-10-03
12. The Controversial Dr. Koop1989-10-10
13. Design Wars!1989-10-17
14. Echoes of War1989-10-24
15. Decoding the Book of Life1989-10-31
16. Hurricane!1989-11-07
17. Will Venice Survive Its Rescue?1989-11-14
18. What Is Music?1989-11-21
19. Yellowstone's Burning Question1989-12-05
20. The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret1989-12-12
