US Patent Issued to Texas Tech University System on Dec. 2 for "Modified tetracyclines for treatment of alcohol use disorder, pain and other disorders involving potential inflammatory processes" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,219, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas).

"Modified tetracyclines for treatment of alcohol use disorder, pain and other disorders involving potential inflammatory processes" was invented by Susan E. Bergeson (Lubbock, Texas), Ted W. Reid (Lubbock, Texas), Mayank Shashtri (Lubbock, Texas), Peter Syapin (Camarillo, Calif.) and Phat Tran (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes novel molecules and methods for using the same to treat Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), tobacco use, pain, or proinflammatory disorders comprising: identifyi...