ACHILLE TORELLI
\ɐkˈɪliː tˈɔːli], \ɐkˈɪliː tˈɔːli], \ɐ_k_ˈɪ_l_iː t_ˈɔː_l_i]\
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An Italian writer of comedy; born at Naples, May 5, 1844. He wrote at 16 his first comedy, "Who Dieth Lieth". Of his others, the most successful were: "A Court in the 17th Century"; "The Mission of Woman"; "Husbands" (1867); "Sad Reality" (1871); "Truth" (1875); "The Color of the Times" (1875).
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.