Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
2025
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.
Cast
Mark Ruffalo
Narrator (voice)
Phillip A. Sharp
Self
Walter Isaacson
Self
Ann Sharp
Self
Chanda Davetas
Ann Sharp
Directors
Bill Haney
