He should reflect on how
genetic fingerprinting yesterday finally brought to justice Ron Castree, who killed a young girl for sex then let an innocent man serve 16 years for the crime.
Also to be honoured are Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of
genetic fingerprinting; chief executive of the charity Barnados, Middlesbrough's Martin Narey; Professor Dr Ibraham bin Abu Shah, vice-chancellor of Teesside University's partner establishment in Malaysia; university visitor John Foster OBE; and local businessman Alan Noble, who founded what is now Northgate plc.
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys was named Great Briton of the Year for work in
genetic fingerprinting.
Professor Peter Braude developed the technique -similar to the
genetic fingerprinting used by police - at Guy's Hospital in London.
It uses
genetic fingerprinting to identify different strains and find common links between cases.
Watson staunchly supports virtually all lines of DNA research, including controversial ones such as genetic modification of crops and
genetic fingerprinting. Beyond its wide scope, what makes this text extraordinary is its accessibility even to readers with little background in biology.
Genetic fingerprinting aids plant variety protection.
Now the latest
genetic fingerprinting techniques may be used to determine who is right.
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys was named Great Briton of the Year for his work in
genetic fingerprinting.
British geneticist Jeffreys hit on
genetic fingerprinting while studying DNA.He noticed every person, except identical twins, had unique DNA patterns .
THE inventor of
genetic fingerprinting, Sir Alec Jeffreys, said yesterday that he supported a database of identifying DNA for every British citizen.