Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for treating and/or preventing a lymphangiogenesis-associated disease in a subject, including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA)-coated gold nanocluster about 0.1 to 10 nm in diameter. Also disclosed is a method for promoting lymphangiogenesis in a subject, including administering to the subject an effective amount of said DHLA-coated gold nanocluster.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a short peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the short peptide consists of an amino acid sequence 100% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3 or 4. According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, the short peptide is useful in treating neurological diseases via enhancing neurite outgrowth. Accordingly, also disclosed herein are a pharmaceutical composition comprising the short peptide, and uses thereof in treating neurological diseases.

Abstract: A method of treating an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject, including administering to the subject suffering from the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of phosphoglycerate kinase.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of enhancing the outgrowth of the neurite of a neuron in a subject. The present method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK). Based on the enhancing effect, also disclosed herein is a method of treating a neurological disorder in a subject by use of the PGK or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the PGK and an active agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microsatellite marker combination for identifying Lanyu pig breed, and the identification method thereof. The identification method comprises the following steps: (a) providing a genomic DNA sample obtained from a pig; (b) identifying the polymorphism of microsatellite markers of said genomic DNA sample; and (c) analyzing the results obtained from step (b) to determine the phylogenetic relationship between said pig and Lanyu pig.

Abstract: A method for enhancing production of pathogen-resistant proteins using bioreactor comprising: (a) constructing a plasmid which comprises a nucleic acid sequence of exogenous pathogen-resistant protein, a nucleic acid sequence of fluorescence protein, a nucleic acid sequence of protease-cutting site and an ?-actin promoter; (b) transferring the constructed plasmid into fish embryo(s) of selected line after linearization; (c) domesticating the fish to enable to grow, mate and spawn; and (d) collecting fish egg(s), fish embryo(s) and adult fish(s) to obtain pathogen-resistant protein-rich organism(s) is described. A nucleic acid construct comprising an ?-actin promoter, a nucleic acid sequence of exogenous pathogen-resistant protein and a nucleic acid sequence of fluorescence protein which are operably linked in the 5? to 3? direction is also presented. An expression vector comprising said nucleic acid construct is further described.

Abstract: A flow management method having a data traffic control mechanism so as to determine data transfers between a data accessing point and a plurality of workstations; the method comprising the step of: the workstation waiting for a priority setting package from a data accessing point, wherein in the waiting time, the workstation does not process any data package other than management package, if no priority setting package being received in a predetermined time period, the workstation being set as a normal workstation, i.e., delay time for transferring data being set as zero; after the workstation receiving a priority setting package, the workstation giving an acknowledge to the data accessing point; the workstation setting a transfer delay time according to the priority setting package; the data accessing point registering the priority of the workstation; and the data being sent to the data accessing point based on the delay time.