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Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
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Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

2025-02-05 · 97 min · ★ 7.5

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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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Directors
Bill Haney
Production companies
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 RuffaloMark RuffaloNarrator (voice)
Phillip A. SharpSelf
Walter IsaacsonWalter IsaacsonSelf
Ann SharpSelf
Chanda DavetasChanda DavetasAnn Sharp

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