Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The rise of Bioscience in the East. | Jeang Retrovirology 2010 7 106 http content 7 1 106 RETR0VIR0L0GY EDITORIAL Open Access The rise of Bioscience in the East Kuan-Teh Jeang Abstract The rapid growth of bioscience in China is considered. A few days ago the results of an international standardized test administered to students from 65 countries were released. The test known as the Program for International Student Assessment PISA was conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development http a Paris based entity. The testing involved 5000 students per country of age 15 years and 2 months. The surprising results from the PISA were that students from China Shanghai who actually participated for the first time performed uniformly better than their cohorts from other countries. PISA scores are scaled with the average being set at 500. As reported in the New York Times On the math test students in Shanghai scored 600 in Singapore 562 in Germany 513 and in the United States 487. In reading Shanghai students scored 556 ahead of second-place Korea with 539. The United States scored 500 and came in 17th putting it on par with students in the Netherlands Belgium Norway Germany France the United Kingdom and several other countries. In science Shanghai students scored 575. In second place was Finland where the average score was 554. The United States scored 502 - in 23rd place - with a performance indistinguishable from Poland Ireland Norway France and several other countries. Although there are many ways to interpret the results at face value they speak to the impressive educational achievements of students in China. As globalization trends toward economic p arity in diverse regions a few years ago I noted some interesting numbers. The statistics from the US National Science Foundation NSF showed that between 1995 and 2005 the output of worldwide science and engineering journal articles grew at an average annual rate of percent but the US growth rate was .
