US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on May 19 for "Methods and compositions for treating diseases and disorders of the nervous system" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,602, issued on May 19, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Methods and compositions for treating diseases and disorders of the nervous system" was invented by Hannah E. Bowrey (Highland Park, N.J.) and Gary Aston-Jones (Highland Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for treating diseases or disorders of the nervous system using promoter-driven Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) and DREADD agonists are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2022, under Application No. 18/047,734.

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