MAXIME GORKY
\mˈaksa͡ɪm ɡˈɔːki], \mˈaksaɪm ɡˈɔːki], \m_ˈa_k_s_aɪ_m ɡ_ˈɔː_k_i]\
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A Russian novelist; born in Nizni Novgorod, March 14, 1868. During his early career he served successively as peddler, scullery-boy, gardener, watchman and baker's apprentice. Among his numerous works are: "Song of the Falcon", "Twenty-six and One", "About the Devil", "The Reader", "The Outcasts" (1902); "Three Men" (1902).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.