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Detailed explanation-1: -Sydney Brenner, (born January 13, 1927, Germiston, South Africa-died April 5, 2019, Singapore), South-African born biologist who, with John E. Sulston and H.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sydney Brenner, the Nobel laureate whose studies on the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans led to seminal discoveries in genetics and developmental biology, died today in Singapore. He was 92 years old. Brenner discovered fundamental steps in how cells use DNA to make the proteins that enable life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brenner shared in the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for deciphering the genetics of programmed cell death and animal development, including how the nervous system forms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston) have made seminal discoveries relating to the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans was used as an experimental model system for following cell division and differentiation from the fertilized egg to the adult.