Cracking your genetic code
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Holt, Sarah, screenwriter,
Holt Productions.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Published
[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
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Published
[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012].
Language
English
UPC
841887016773

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Participants/Performers
Jamie Effros, narrator.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast by PBS in 2012.
Description
What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA, all six billion chemical letters of it, read, stored and available for analysis? Reveals that we stand on the verge of such a revolution. Meet a cancer patient who appears to have cheated death and a cystic fibrosis sufferer breathing easily because scientists have been able to pinpoint and neutralize the genetic abnormalities underlying their conditions.
System Details
DVD, NTSC ; widescreen; stereo.; region 1.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Documentary television programs.
Genetic code -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetic code.
Genetic disorders -- Diagnosis.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Television programs -- United States.