Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution (2025)

7.5 97 min Movie
Documentary

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.

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Cast

Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo Narrator (voice)
Phillip A. Sharp Phillip A. Sharp Self
Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson Self
Ann Sharp Ann Sharp Self
Chanda Davetas Chanda Davetas Ann Sharp

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