Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution (2025)
97 min
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.
- Release date
- February 5, 2025
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,000,000
Cast
- Noubar Afeyan as Self
- Chanda Davetas as Ann Sharp
- Walter Isaacson as Self
- Mark Ruffalo as Narrator
- Phillip A. Sharp as Self
Crew
- Bill Haney · Director
- Bill Haney · Writer
- Carina Chavda · Producer
- Maura McCarthy Haney · Producer
- Craig Richey · Composer
- Claudia Raschke · Cinematographer
- Shannon Conboy · Editor
- Susan Shopmaker · Casting director
- Payton Jane · Production designer