

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
2025-02-05 · 97 min · ★ 7.5
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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- Bill Haney
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- Uncommon Productions, Independent Lens
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- United States of America
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- Released
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- USD 1,000,000
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Mark RuffaloNarrator (voice)
Walter IsaacsonSelf
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