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NOVA (1974 – ...)

1974 • 53 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG
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Season 16

NOVA · S16E10Confronting the Killer Gene

Mar 28, 1989 · 55 min

Synopsis

Arlo, Nancy, and Janice all face an equal risk – fifty percent – of developing a debilitating nerve disorder. A laboratory test offers the possibility of revealing their fate. Faced with such a choice, would you undergo the examination? Thousands grapple with a similar dilemma: whether to seek knowledge of their future, or to remain in uncertainty, regarding the genetic predisposition to Huntington's disease. This incurable illness affects approximately twenty thousand people in the United State

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