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Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Documentary

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

7.5(2)1h 37m2025en

The 1977 discovery of RNA splicing by Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Kentucky farm boy turned Nobel-prize winning scientist, set the stage for a revolution in molecular biology, enabling research into a new class of medicines predicated on recombinant DNA techniques ranging from the development of synthetic insulin and human growth hormone to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Director

Bill Haney

Languages

English

Status

Released

Budget

$1,000,000

The Cast

Who's In It

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

Narrator (voice)

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

Self

Chanda Davetas

Chanda Davetas

Ann Sharp