| brenner, the worm and the prize. | the recent award of a nobel prize to sydney brenner crowns an astonishingly distinguished scientific career. he must have come very close to winning it several times in the past. a colleague described him as 'a visionary who sees further into the future than anyone'. this is borne out by his decision--made 40 years ago--to study a one-millimetre long worm in detail to define the biochemical and genetic control of its development and differentiation. the impact of these studies has been so profou ... | 2003 | 12848268 |