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THOMSON SCIENTIFIC IDENTIFIES GENERATION OF T CELLS AND DETERMINATES OF HUMAN HAPPINESS AS HOT AREAS OF RESEARCH

 

Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK - July 24, 2006 — A new method for studying and generating T cells in a lab, and measurement of the economic and institutional determinants of human happiness, are up-and-coming areas of research. This, according to the Thomson Scientific Essential Science Indicators ^SM Special Topics Web site. The Web site provides citation analyses and commentary for research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest. Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

Every two months, Thomson Scientific specialists identify emerging and fast-moving "Research Fronts"—areas of scientific research that gain particular attention, and "Hot" and "Fast-Breaking" papers—individual papers that achieve a rate of citation that is markedly higher than papers of comparable type and age.

Below are some highlights from the June/July Essential Science Indicators Special Topics Web site's content.

Fast-Moving Front – Study and Development of T-lineage Cells in a Lab
Leading the July ‘Fast Moving Front' in Immunology, Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker's paper, "Induction of T cell development from hematopoietic progenitor cells by delta-like-1 in vitro," introduces a “simpler and more effective way" to study how T cells develop and how they can be generated in the lab. Most importantly, according to Zúñiga-Pflücker, the methods outline in his paper “ allowed scientists to generate T cells from many different sources of stem cells, which may benefit immune-deficient individuals, or enable the creation of designer T cells to fight infections or cancer."
To read the complete interview with this author, visit: http://www.esi-topics.com/fmf/2006/july06-JuanCarlosZunigaPflucker.html

Fast-Breaking Paper – An International Project Measuring Atmospheric Moisture
"An overview of the International H2O Project and some preliminary highlights," June's ‘Fast Breaking Paper' details a large meteorological field campaign in which government agencies, universities and international collaborators gathered to achieve a common goal—obtaining better atmospheric moisture measurements. Dr. Tammy Weckwerth, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, said the project has great potential social implications because, "with an improved understanding of how, why and where thunderstorms form and evolve, we may be able to improve our rainfall-forecasting skills."
To read the complete interview with this author, visit: http://www.esi-topics.com/fbp/2006/june06-TammyWeckwerth.html

Emerging Research Front – Economic and Institutional Determinates of Happiness
Leading June's ‘Emerging Research Front' in economics and business, "What can economists learn from happiness research" surveys the economic and institutional determinates of happiness and measures human well-being, an area scientists are becoming increasingly interested in studying. This paper, according to authors Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer demonstrates that, "Material aspects, particularly money, do raise happiness — but only up to a certain level of income." Once you reach this level, other determinants more strongly affect your happiness.
To read the complete interview with these authors, visit: http://www.esi-topics.com/erf/2006/june06-Frey_Stutzer.html

Hot Paper – Applying Theories to Assess the Probability of Planet Formation
The "novel analysis" combined with the "statistical muscle of more than 1,000 stars drawn from the planet search surveys" applied in Dr. Debra A. Fischer and Jeff Valenti's paper, "The planet-metallicity correlation," "resulted in a clean mathematical description: the probability of forming a planet increases as the square of the number of heavy-element atoms." According to Fischer , this work is significant because it "helps us to understand planet formation and puts some mild constraints on when, in our galactic history, we might expect that planetary systems and life could emerge."
To read the complete interview with these authors, visit: http://www.esi-topics.com/nhp/2006/july-06-DebraAFischer.html

For more information on the Essential Science Indicators Special Topics, visit www.esi-topics.com/index.html

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