US Patent Issued to Yale University, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Oct. 6 for "Method of treating and ameliorating depression" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,935, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) and The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Method of treating and ameliorating depression" was invented by Deepak Cyril D'Souza (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a method for treating, ameliorating, and/or preventing depression in a subject in need thereof. The method includes administering parenterally to the subject an effective amount of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) or a derivative thereof. Also described is a kit for performing methods described herein."

The patent was ...