Nova. Cracking your genetic code / a Nova production by Holt Productions, LLC for WGBH ; written, produced, and directed by Sarah Holt.

What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA - all three billion chemical letters of it - read, stored, and available for analysis? Cracking Your Genetic Code reveals that we stand on the verge of such a revolution. Meet a cancer patient who appears to have cheated...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Alexander Street Press)
Other Authors: Holt, Sarah, 1956- (Producer, Director), Effros, Jamie (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2012.
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