BOSTON ATHENAEUM
\bˈɒstən ˈaθənˌiːəm], \bˈɒstən ˈaθənˌiːəm], \b_ˈɒ_s_t_ə_n ˈa_θ_ə_n_ˌiː__ə_m]\
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a library supported by subscription and founded, with a governing board of trustees, April 7, 1807. When John Quincy Adams went as Minister to Russia he deposited his library in the Athenaeum, nearly doubling its collection. A valuable collection of coins, antiques and curiosities is also contained in the Athenaeum. It now possesses over 105,000 volumes.
By John Franklin Jameson
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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.