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enzymes encircle a double helix

Image from NIH Image Gallery, Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0

Enzyme-repairing-DNA: Like a watch wrapped around a wrist, a special enzyme encircles the double helix to repair a broken strand of DNA. Without molecules that can mend such breaks, cells can malfunction, die, or become cancerous. Image courtesy of Tom Ellenberger, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Dave Gohara, Saint Louis University School of Medicine.