SCOPES TRIAL
\skˈə͡ʊps tɹˈa͡ɪə͡l], \skˈəʊps tɹˈaɪəl], \s_k_ˈəʊ_p_s t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_əl]\
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a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
By Princeton University
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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.