Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Directed by Bill Haney
No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Mark Ruffalo
Walter Isaacson
Chanda DavetasExplore the crew
- Director
- Bill Haney
- Writer
- Bill Haney
- Producer
- Carina Chavda Mehta
- Producer
- Maura McCarthy Haney
- Editor
- Shannon Conboy
- Original Music Composer
- Craig Richey