Alec Jeffreys, a researcher at the University of Leicester in England, had developed a way to analyze pieces of DNA and produce an image that, Jeffreys said, had a high likelihood of being unique.

Desperate for help, they approached the geneticist Sir Alec Jeffreys. Working out of Leicester University, he had recently taken the scientific world by storm. In the mid-80s Sir Alec had discovered ...

It was because of officers' belief that Mr Buckland had killed both girls that Leicester University's Dr Alec Jeffreys, who had developed a technique for creating DNA profiles, was called in. After ...

It’s a measure of technology’s march since scientist Alec Jeffreys found the first genetic fingerprint on Sept 10, 1984. ... but DNA didn’t have practical uses until Jeffreys’ eureka moment.

A scientist named Alec Jeffreys made a big discovery in 1984. He figured out how to match DNA to people – kind of like matching a puzzle piece.

Among the university’s claims to fame are the invention of genetic fingerprinting in 1984 by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys and the more recent discovery of King Richard III’s mortal remains in a ...

Among the well-known figures appearing in Epstein’s contact list are Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, late pop icon Michael Jackson, actor Alec Baldwin, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

Released files from the Justice Department revealed several prominent celebrities were on Jeffery Epstein’s contact list. Michael Jackson, Alec Baldwin, Naomi Campbell, Mick Jagger, Prince ...

Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys had a "eureka" moment at 9:05am on Monday 10 September 1984 in his University of Leicester laboratory. It was when, as part of an unrelated failed experiment, he ...