Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2025
  • 1h 37m
  • 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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Director
Bill Haney
Starring
Mark Ruffalo, Phillip A. Sharp, Walter Isaacson, Ann Sharp

Cast

  • Mark Ruffalo

    Mark Ruffalo

    Narrator (voice)

  • Phillip A. Sharp

    Self

  • Walter Isaacson

    Walter Isaacson

    Self

  • Ann Sharp

    Self

  • Chanda Davetas

    Chanda Davetas

    Ann Sharp

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