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Although gene therapy is a promising treatment option for a number of diseases (including inherited disorders, some types of cancer, and certain viral infections), the technique remains risky and is still under study to make sure that it will be safe and effective. Gene therapy is currently only being tested for the treatment of diseases that have no other cures. 

After etching, a carbonaceous coating can be applied by chemical vapor deposition [6] or carbonaceous sol-gel deposit methods [7] deemed capable of further decreasing the internal resistances of ES cells as low as 0.4 fl.cm. Therefore, new and modified current collector surface treatment techniques can promise to further decrease internal cell resistance and improve the overall performance of modern ESs. 

The combination of TACE with local ablative techniques is more effective than TACE or ablation alone. This multimodal therapy is a promising treatment option for patients with large unresectable HCCs. While an increased survival could be documented for the patients who were treated with combined protocols, the issue of the effectiveness of TACE in treating huge unresectable liver tumors remains unanswered. To establish an optimal therapy schedule, controlled randomized studies comparing the different methods and defining the value of the combined treatments are necessary. 

A fourth ahoy separation technique is fractional crystallization. If shica is co-reduced with alumina, nearly pure shicon and an aluminum shicon eutectic can be obtained by fractional crystallization. Tin can be removed to low levels in aluminum by fractional crystallization and a carbothermic reduction process using tin to ahoy the aluminum produced, fohowed by fractional crystallization and sodium treatment to obtain pure aluminum, has been developed (25). This method looked very promising in the laboratory, but has not been tested on an industrial scale. 

Intensive technologies are derived from the processes used for the treatment of potable water. Chemical methods include chlorination, peracetic acid, ozonation. Ultra-violet irradiation is becoming a popular photo-biochemical process. Membrane filtration processes, particularly the combination microfiltration/ultrafiltra-tion are rapidly developing (Fig. 3). Membrane bioreactors, a relatively new technology, look very promising as they combine the oxidation of the organic matter with microbial decontamination. Each intensive technique is used alone or in combination with another intensive technique or an extensive one. Extensive... 

The clinical role of permeability imaging has yet to be assessed by a large clinical trial, but these techniques continue to hold promise for the future, as intracranial hemorrhage is the most significant potential complication of what is currently the only FDA-approved treatment for acute stroke. 

The oxidation of NO to N02 can be considered an advantage when combining plasma with selective catalytic reduction, as it is well-known that at low temperature the efficiency of NO reduction by SCR strongly depends on the N02 concentration in the gas. An oxidation pre-treatment of the gas by non-thermal plasma, prior to the SCR reactor greatly enhances the performance of SCR at temperatures below 500 K. Therefore, the PE-SCR technique is very promising for efficient NO reduction. 

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