09 Mar 2017
The Rebel Surgeon
Portrayal of a surgeon who feels stifled by Swedish bureaucracy and relocates to Ethiopia to practice medicine. In a small field hospital, with limited resources, he uses anything at hand to help the patients.
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
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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Mark Ruffalo Narrator (voice)
Phillip A. Sharp Self
Walter Isaacson Self
Ann Sharp Self
Chanda Davetas Ann Sharp
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