Promise and potential

Greenberg, B. D., McMahon, F. J. et al. (1998). Serotonin transporter candidate gene studies in affective disorders and personality promises and potential pitfalls. Mol. Psychiatry, 3(3), 186-9. 

Anderson, G.M. and Cook, E.H. (2000) Pharmacogenetics promise and potential in child and adolescent psychiatty in Psychophar-macol Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin North Am 9(l) 23-39. 

Young LS, Mautner V. 2001. The promise and potential hazards of adenovirus gene therapy. Gut. 48 733-736. 

Using polar chains and polar arrays to bias the formation of acentric bulk materials is a promising and potentially useful approach to designing acentric solids, but is somewhat unsatisfying because the nature of the bias is not well understood and is thus not easy to control. In searching for a more definitive and logical mechanism for preparing acentric bulk materials, we have borrowed one of nature s tricks. 

Due to their ability to selectively promote both osteoblast and osteoclast function, nanophase ceramics provide a preferable alternative to conventional orthopedic and dental implants that fail to integrate with surrounding bone it is undoubtedly highly desirable to minimize, if not avoid, clinical complications that necessitate removal of failed implants as a result of poor surface properties that lead to insufficient osseointegration. These results provide evidence that nanoceramics may be synthesized to match surface properties of bone and, thus, demonstrate strong promise and potential for their use in orthopedic and dental applications. 

Van Wijngaarden P, Coster DJ, Williams KA. Inhibitors of ocular neovascularization promises and potential problems. JAMA 2005 293 1509. 

Shaflq MM, Menon DV, Victor RG. Oral direct renin inhibition premise, promise, and potential limitations of a new antihypertensive drug. Am. J. Med. 2008 121 265-271. 

Echinacea must first be approved as a GRAS ingredient before it can legally be added to food. In many European countries, health claims are not permitted on food products, while in other countries, such as Japan, claims are allowed under the Foods for Specified Health Use (FOSHU) system. The benefits of Echinacea in laboratory studies show promise and potential that functional foods may come from this research, provided that the studies support the safety of Echinacea. 

Besides, Silics may have much promise and potentiality in clinical treatment for internal diseases. The major lines of researches into application of this preparation in the relevant therapy are presented in Table 13.6. 

The classical techniques for chemical composition analysis of polyolefins are based on crystallization behaviour of different components of these materials. These techniques are only apphcable for the crystalline part of the sample and the amorphous part is obtained as a bulk fraction. Nevertheless, these techniques are stiU the analytical workhorse in most polyolefin research laboratories. The reason behind this is that most of the commercially important polyolefin materials are semi-crystalline. There has been a number of recent advances in these techniques that have enabled a reduction in analysis time, better resolution and mathematical modelling etc. The most fascinating innovation in this regard is the development of CEF. CEF combines the separation powers of both TREF and CRYSTAF, resulting in better separation of fractions along with considerable reduction in analysis time. CEF has the promise and potential to be the major technique in crystallization analysis in future. 

The geosphere is addressed in Chapters 17 and 18. Chapter 17 is a discussion of the composition and characteristics of the geosphere. Chapter 18 deals with soil and agriculture and addresses topics such as conservation tillage and the promise and potential pitfalls of genetically modified crops and food. 

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