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First DNA Fingerprinting in a Criminal Investigation

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1986

Alec Jeffreys

Enderby, Leicestershire, England

In 1986, Alec Jeffreys's team applied DNA fingerprinting and profiling to the investigation of two murders in Leicestershire, England. The comparison excluded an initial suspect and marked the first criminal investigative use of the technique.

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First Successful Human Kidney Transplant

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