Science news articles about 'sir alec jeffreys'

... genetic 'fingerprinting' was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, say they are developing techniques which may one day allow police to work out someone’s surname from DNA ...

Alec Jeffreys describes government response to court ruling as 'minimal and disappointing'The DNA fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys today condemned government plans ...

... fingerprinting to solve serious crimes, Sir Alec Jeffreys warned last week.The inventor of DNA fingerprinting, which has transformed forensic investigations ...

... of Genetics at the University of Leicester, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys developed the technique of DNA fingerprinting, a powerful and elegant way to distinguish between different ...

... ) by world-renowned scientist Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered DNA fingerprinting at the University ... . Professor Jeffreys is Royal Society Wolfson Research Professor of Genetics at Leicester. Sir Alec ...

... £2m a month.In yesterday's Observer Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA profiling, attacked the axing of the FSS for its 'unimaginative bean-counting ...