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Broken Helix

Caption: Artistic rendering of a broken DNA helix emanating from a mouse nerve cell. Researchers recently uncovered evidence that faulty DNA repair may be to blame for the onset of Huntington's disease symptoms.

Credit: Cynthia McMurray

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