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Cisplatin

From accidental discovery to wonder drug

DAVID MACK/SPL

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A chance observation led to the development of a life-saving anticancer drug. To understand cisplatin we need to look at cis-trans isomerism, ligands, oxidation states and the structure of dNA.

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