A Question of Genes: Inherited Risks A PBS Special Produced and Directed by Noel Schwerin for The Chedd-Angier Production Company and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Copyright: The Chedd-Angier Production Company 70 Coolidge Hill Road Watertown, MA 02172 Presented by: Oregon Public Broadcasting 7140 S.W. Macadam Ave. Portland, OR 97219 OPEN BARBARA BIESECKER It's only in the last five or ten years that we've been able to find these single genes that contribute to genetic disorders and we started with very rare, esoteric genetic disorders and very rapidly we're moving into the ability to detect genes that contribute to more common disorders, and that's happening with tremendous speed, and before we understand all the ramifications. SHERRY PEDERSEN Now we have the ability to find out if we have no more risk than the average person, or a much greater risk than the average person, and that's really a monumental piece of information to have. It can destroy your life if you're not prepared to deal with it. ********* A QUESTION OF GENES: INHERITED RISKS CREDITS Produced and Directed by Noel Schwerin Associate Producers Laura DeBonis Jill Soley Editor Sean Eunson Production Assistants Amy Retzinger Heather Sullivan Music Jeanine Cowen Camera Chuck Barbee David Delaria Brian Dowley Peter Hoving Jim Mulligan Mark Rublee Jeri Sopanen Sound David Baumgartner Michael Boyle John Cameron Francis Coakley Doug Dunderdale Galen Handy Jack Mehlbaum Mack Melson Carol Rodgers Juan Rodriguez JP Whiteside Graphics and Titles Jeremy Angier On-Line Editor Bill Kenney Sound Mixer Steve Izzi Special Thanks to Diane Beeson Anthony Camuzzi Troy Duster Sara Finkelstein Jeffrey Friedman Richard Granato Anna Jacobs Michael Kaback The Katz Family Tamar Kupiac Beth Peshkin Kimberly Quaid Maureen Rybnyk The Soderberg/Pittman/Evans Family The Westine/Rosbacher Family and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University The Westbury Hotel John G. Whittier School Woodlyn Presbyterian Church For Oregon Public Broadcasting Assistant Producer Mark Dorgan Executive Producer Stephen Segaller Executive in Charge of Production John Lindsay For Chedd/Angier Production Manager Joe Canali Post Production Associate Steve Sherrick Post Production Supervisor Mike Sullivan Production Secretary Lynda Rivers Business Manager Virginia Cusa Executive Producer Graham Chedd Oregon Public Broadcasting copyright 1997 Chedd/Angier Production Company Continue to New Choices, New Dilemmas.