Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Name: Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Director: Bill Haney
Released: 2025-02-05
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Phillip A. Sharp, Walter Isaacson, Ann Sharp, Chanda Davetas

February 5, 2025

1h 37m

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.