Episode
Horizon: The Gene Race
Overview
Follows two teams of researchers, in Britain and USA as they use radically different genetic techniques in the race to find an effective treatment against cystic fibrosis.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 33
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1996-02-05
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Gene Race is Episode 5 in 1996 of Horizon. It aired on 1996-02-05. The runtime is 60 min.
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