AMERICA ON-LINE, INC.
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(AOL) A US on-line service providerbased in Vienna, Virginia, USA. AOL claims to be the largestand fastest growing provider of on-line services in the world,with the most active subscriber base. AOL offers its threemillion subscribers electronic mail, interactive newspapersand magazines, conferencing, software libraries, computingsupport, and on-line classes.In October 1994 AOL made Internet FTP available to itsmembers and in May 1995, full Internet access includingWorld-Wide Web.AOL's main competitors are Prodigy and Compuserve. (http://aol.com/).
By Denis Howe
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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.