US Patent Issued to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM on May 12 for "Methods for treating endometriosis" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,892, issued on May 12, was assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas).

"Methods for treating endometriosis" was invented by Stephen Safe (Tamu College Station, Texas) and Kumaravel Mohankumar (Tamu College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating endometriosis through modulation of Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4 Group A Member 1 (NR4A1) activity including administration of an NR4A1 ligand to an individual in need thereof are described. In an embodiment, the compounds include methylene substituted diindolylmethanes."

The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/904,81...