Lab mice (the animal, not the pointing device) and their hand-crafted genomes are helping scientists crack the genetics of common human diseases. At Jackson Laboratory in the USA, researchers searching through the complicated array of genes that play a role in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, a fatal lung disease in infants, may have found the cause.
This target gene is also known to be involved in heart defects. But, how certain are the research team in their find and what challenges - biological or technical - do they face in proving their research.
