Nova

Season 20 Episode 13: Dying to Breathe

51 Seasons Oct 26, 1993 TV-PG 55m 8.7

NOVA covers the tense vigil of three people with terminal lung disease as they await the most complex of all organ transplants—a new lung. Months of waiting end in a few frenzied hours of intricate surgery.

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Season 20 Episodes:

Episode 3 The Deadly Deception

3. The Deadly Deception

Aired: Jan 26, 1993

For four decades, 400 African American men from Macon, Alabama were unwitting...

Episode 8 Murder, Rape and DNA

8. Murder, Rape and DNA

Aired: Mar 2, 1993

Wherever we shed our body cells, we leave an indisputable identity card: our ...

Episode 9 The Lost Tribe

9. The Lost Tribe

Aired: Mar 30, 1993

NOVA covers both sides of the stormy controversy over the Tasaday tribe. When...

Episode 10 The Nova Quiz

10. The Nova Quiz

Aired: Oct 5, 1993

NOVA fans from around the country match wits in a fast-paced contest of gener...

Episode 13 Dying to Breathe

13. Dying to Breathe

Aired: Oct 26, 1993

NOVA covers the tense vigil of three people with terminal lung disease as the...

Episode 14 Shadow of the Condor

14. Shadow of the Condor

Aired: Nov 2, 1993

NOVA soars with the condor, an extraordinary bird that lives a tenuous existe...

Episode 16 Roller Coaster!

16. Roller Coaster!

Aired: Nov 16, 1993

Meet Ron Toomer the worlds most prolific roller coaster designer and watch hi...


Info about Nova

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary