
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
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1hr
37mins
Directed by
Bill Haney,
R. J. Cutler,
Starring
Mark Ruffalo,
Phillip A. Sharp,
Walter Isaacson,
Ann Sharp
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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.