Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
2025•1h 37m•7.5•Released
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.
Director
Bill Haney
Writer
Bill Haney
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Uncommon Productions
Cast
Mark Ruffalo
Narrator (voice)
Phillip A. Sharp
Self
Walter Isaacson
Self
Ann Sharp
Self
Chanda Davetas
Ann Sharp
Production
Company
Uncommon Productions
Company
Independent Lens
Producer
Carina Chavda Mehta
Producer
Maura McCarthy Haney
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