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 ...

Just like the government uses an Aadhaar number to uniquely identify an individual for social security purposes, a person’s DNA fingerprint can be used for biological purposes. This is why DNA ...

Thanks, perhaps, to the amount of crime drama we now consume as entertainment, the layperson today appears to believe that DNA evidence in a case is clinching — it can make or break a case. But ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting, a technique that has transformed forensic science and resolved questions of identity and kinship. In 1984, Professor Sir Alec ...

The incredible DNA Fingerprinting technology developed by Dr Lalji Singh became a game changer in forensic science. DNA profiling, also known as DNA fingerprinting, is the process of determining an ...

From hard-to-crack crimes to conservation: the discovery of DNA fingerprinting 30 years ago had a massive impact on a range of scientific techniques. Channel 4 News brings you five of the best. “My ...

The use of DNA fingerprinting in criminal investigations is no longer a scene from the hit TV series CSI. In many countries DNA fingerprinting is used as a tool in routine criminal investigations. DNA ...

n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...

The 'grandfather of DNA' stumbled across forensic fingerprinting when he was researching something completely different, he revealed today. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, now 59, made his breakthrough ...