Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Bill HaneyDirector
• Bill HaneyWriter
• Craig RicheyOriginal Music Composer

Cast

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

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