Documentary · United States of America · 2025 · 1h 37m

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

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Director
Bill Haney
Cast
Mark Ruffalo as Narrator (voice) Phillip A. Sharp as Self Walter Isaacson as Self Ann Sharp as Self Chanda Davetas as Ann Sharp
Crew
Shannon Conboy — Editor Craig Richey — Original Music Composer Bill Haney — Writer Carina Chavda Mehta — Producer Maura McCarthy Haney — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
geneticsbiotechnologymedicinescience
Key Collaborators
Bill Haney Director Shannon Conboy Editor Craig Richey Original Music Composer Bill Haney Writer Carina Chavda Mehta Producer Maura McCarthy Haney Producer
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