Researchers probe a DNA repair enzyme

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Biochemist Maria Spies and graduate student Robert Pugh have taken the first steps toward understanding how an enzyme repairs DNA. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Biochemist Maria Spies and graduate student Robert Pugh have taken the first steps toward understanding how an enzyme repairs DNA. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Researchers have taken the first steps toward understanding how an enzyme repairs DNA. Enzymes called helicases play a key role in human health, according to Maria Spies, a University of Illinois biochemistry professor.


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