Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

8.020251h 37mDir. Bill Haney

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.

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Cast

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

Narrator (voice)

Phillip A. Sharp

Phillip A. Sharp

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Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

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Ann Sharp

Ann Sharp

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Chanda Davetas

Chanda Davetas

Ann Sharp