Trailer | Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Preview: Season 27 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Phil Sharp’s RNA breakthrough sparked a revolution in science, health, and biotech.
Dive into Phil Sharp’s breakthrough RNA discovery, a finding that reshaped molecular biology and ignited a global biotech revolution. Narrated by Mark Ruffalo and featuring interviews with Nobel laureates and insights from Walter Isaacson, Cracking the Code reveals how one scientist helped turn lab work into life-saving therapies.
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Trailer | Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Preview: Season 27 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Dive into Phil Sharp’s breakthrough RNA discovery, a finding that reshaped molecular biology and ignited a global biotech revolution. Narrated by Mark Ruffalo and featuring interviews with Nobel laureates and insights from Walter Isaacson, Cracking the Code reveals how one scientist helped turn lab work into life-saving therapies.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- In our biotech ecosystem one might ask, What would have happened if there was no Phil Sharp?
[♪ ♪] - In creating treatments for disease, Phil's laboratory has led the way.
- He would walk through the lab, and do this, [claps] Any breakthroughs today?
- I would say he wanted to win yes.
[laughs] - I wasn't the strongest student not even close, but I turned out to be very imaginative.
[♪ ♪]
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