NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS
\nɐθˈanjə͡l pˈɑːkə wˈɪlis], \nɐθˈanjəl pˈɑːkə wˈɪlis], \n_ɐ_θ_ˈa_n_j_əl p_ˈɑː_k_ə w_ˈɪ_l_i_s]\
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An American poet and journalist; born at Portland, Me., Jan. 20, 1806; died at Idlewild on the Hudson, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1867. His chief journalistic work was with the New York Mirror (1823-42). Among his numerous writings are: "Inklings of Adventure" (3 vols., 1836); "Loiterings of Travel" (3 vols., 1840); "Letters from Under a Bridge" (1840); "Poems" (1846); "People I Have Met" (1850); "Hurrygraphs" (1851); "A Health Trip to the Tropics" (1854); "Famous Persons and Places" (1854); and "The Convalescent, his Rambles and Adventures" (1859).
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.