Movie Description
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
(2025)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Bill Haney
- Producer : Carina Chavda Mehta,Maura McCarthy Haney
- Writer : Bill Haney
- Editor : Shannon Conboy
- Cast : Mark Ruffalo,Phillip A. Sharp,Walter Isaacson,Ann Sharp,Chanda Davetas
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Self
Self
Self
Ann Sharp
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Facts
Original TitleCracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Status Released
Release Information
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2025-02-05
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 37m
Budget₹ 1000000
Homepagehttps://www.uncommonproductions.com/cracking-the-code
Production CompaniesUncommon Productions,Independent Lens
Genres
- Documentary




























