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Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

  • 2025
  • TMDB 7.5/10
  • 1h 37m

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.

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.

Cast

  • Mark RuffaloNarrator (voice)
  • Phillip A. SharpSelf
  • Walter IsaacsonSelf
  • Ann SharpSelf
  • Chanda DavetasAnn Sharp

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