British scientist Alec Jeffreys realized 25 years ago Thursday that individuals have "DNA fingerprints," unique patterns of genetic material that can be used to identify them.

Sir Alec Jeffreys: The 3 cases that make me proud of my genetic fingerprinting discovery 'That was the moment I knew DNA was going to do something potentially rather big' leicestermercury.

Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys, who invented genetic fingerprinting in 1984, receives the world's oldest science prize, the Royal Society's Copley Medal.

Professor Alec Jeffreys holds a copy of the first DNA fingerprint profile at the University of Leicester on Wednesday. Jeffreys, the scientist who discovered genetic "fingerprinting" two decades ...

Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who in 1984 discovered a method of showing the variation in the DNA of individuals, will receive the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, which has been awarded to ...

Sir Alec Jeffreys didn't know what awaited him when he entered his lab in Leicester, England, on September 10, 1984. "My life changed on Monday morning at 9:05 a.m.," he later told an interviewer ...

BRITISH scientist Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the DNA fingerprint, by chance, in 1985. The technique is now used worldwide, particularly in crime solving, where it has now become routine… ...

When 15-year-old Dawn Ashworth was raped and murdered in Leicestershire, England, in late July 1986, Alec Jeffreys was a genetics professor at the nearby University of Leicester.

Life changing DNA It's 25 years since Alec Jeffreys made the accidental discovery of the first DNA fingerprint, which transformed forensics – and his life. The first DNA "fingerprint" was a ...

Sir Alec Jeffreys developed the techniques of DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling. He was awarded the Australia Prize in 1998, a prize which became the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

A NEW drama tells the remarkable true story of Alec Jeffreys’ discovery of DNA fingerprinting – and how it helped catch a killer. By Olly Grant. 00:01, Sat, Apr 4, 2015. Share Article.