JACOB AUGUST RIIS
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪkəb ˈɔːɡəst ɹˈɪa͡ɪz], \dʒˈeɪkəb ˈɔːɡəst ɹˈɪaɪz], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_k_ə_b ˈɔː_ɡ_ə_s_t ɹ_ˈɪ__aɪ_z]\
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A New York writer on social topics; born in Denmark, 1849. He has written: "How the Other Half Lives"; "The Children of the Poor"; and "Nibsy's Christmas"; "The Battle with the Slum"; "Children of the Tenements"; "Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen". He is very active in charitable movements in New York.
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.