Tập
Horizon: Episode 22
Tóm tắt
Report on the evolution of laser light technology for communication in the 21st century, with a dramatised account of the effect of the technology on our daily lives.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Horizon
- Mùa
- Mùa 24
- Tập
- Tập 22
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1987-06-22
- Thời lượng
- 60 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 22 là tập 22 trong Season 24 của Horizon. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1987-06-22. Thời lượng là 60 min.
Tập trước / tập sau
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Janice Blenkharn's mother died of Huntington's Chorea, which any child of a victim has a 50-50 chance of inheriting. Janice is faced with the choice of having a test, developed after research in South America, to see if she has this incurable genetic disease.
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