Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution backdrop
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Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

7.5/10(2)
2025
97 min
No Trailer
Documentary

Overview

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.

Production

Uncommon Productions · Independent Lens

Cast & Characters

Mark Ruffalo as Narrator (voice)

Mark Ruffalo

Narrator (voice)

Phillip A. Sharp

Self

Walter Isaacson as Self

Walter Isaacson

Self

Ann Sharp

Self

Chanda Davetas as Ann Sharp

Chanda Davetas

Ann Sharp

Directors & Crew

B

Bill Haney

Director

B

Bill Haney

Writer

C

Carina Chavda Mehta

Producer

M

Maura McCarthy Haney

Producer

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