Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution (2025)
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.
- Date of release
- 2025-02-05
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Bill Haney
Casting
- Mark Ruffalo — Narrator (voice)
- Phillip A. Sharp — Self
- Walter Isaacson — Self
- Ann Sharp — Self
- Chanda Davetas — Ann Sharp
Interesting facts
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution is a 2025 American documentary film which explores the life of Nobel Prize winning geneticist and molecular biologist Phil Sharp. The film is directed by Bill Haney.
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