One morning 20 years ago, Alec Jeffreys stumbled upon DNA fingerprinting, identifying the patterns of genetic material that are unique to almost every individual. The discovery revolutionized ...

We have developed a new fluorescence-based method for DNA fingerprinting that does not require a fluorescent linker or a synthetic oligonucleotide primer, both of which are normally used for labeling ...

In 1983, police found a 15-year-old Lynda Mann raped and strangled outside Leicester, a small village in the UK. Detective Baker after three years of meticulous but fruitless investigation is still ...

How do DNA samples help? DNA fingerprinting identifies individuals by analysing unique regions of their DNA. While human DNA is 99.9% identical, the remaining 0.1% includes unique sequences called ...

Engineers at Duke University and the New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering have demonstrated a method for ensuring that an increasingly popular method of genetic identification called ...

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DNA fingerprinting has been hailed by law-enforcement officials as the 20th century’s most important breakthrough in forensic science. They are eager to use the new technology to identify and ...

A NEW series, Catching Britain’s Killers looks at three murders that changed the way investigations are conducted in the UK today. The first episode focuses on Colin Pitchfork, the first person be ...

DNA evidence is not an infallible tool for criminal investigations, experts have warned. Interpretation of samples can be highly subjective and prone to error, a study has found. The incredibly small ...

Delhi government plans to upgrade the Forensic Science Laboratory in Rohini with new technologies, focusing on DNA fingerprinting. The laboratory will have a high-tech DNA lab for cases related to ...

Jaipur: State govt's decision in 2022 to prepare a pool of doctors from SMS Medical College's department of forensic medicine to assist investigating agencies in criminal cases, by preparing DNA ...

Singh had developed the techniques of DNA fingerprinting during his stay in Edinburgh. On Sunday, the father of DNA fingerprinting in India, Lalji Singh breathed his last in the city of Banaras. He ...