Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

IMDb 0.0 2025 • 97 min • Documentary

Director

Bill Haney

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo Narrator (voice)
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp Self
Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson Self
Ann Sharp
Ann Sharp Self
Chanda Davetas
Chanda Davetas Ann Sharp