Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

2025-02-0597m14+

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:Mark Ruffalo, Phillip A. Sharp, Walter Isaacson, Ann Sharp, Chanda Davetas,

Genre:Documentary,

country:United States of America,

Production:Uncommon Productions, Independent Lens,

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