Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

2025
1h 37min

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.

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

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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.
    Released
    February 2025
    Runtime
    1h 37min
    Director
    Budget
    $1,000,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Uncommon Productions
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