Sep 10, 2008 07:11
1984: English geneticist Alec Jeffreys is performing advanced but routine lab work when he has a "Eureka!" moment and discovers DNA "fingerprinting."genetic markers through families, looking for patterns of inherited disease-causing mutations in the repeated DNA segments carried by all humans. He was using the then-new blot technique developed by Edwin Southern to separate and transfer DNA fragments.complicated tangle of DNA strands.CLARITY!uses for his discovery. The initial compilation included criminal detective work, transplant biology, and establishing biological kinship in paternity and other cases.Royal Society in 1986, and Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 1994 for services to science and technology. When he was awarded the 2005 Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research, his co-recipient was Edwin Southern, inventor of the Southern blot technique in which Jeffreys saw -- and realized --- such great potential.Source: University of Leicester
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