US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE on March 4 for "Pharmacological prophylactics against stress-induced affective disorders in females" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,614, issued on March 4, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York City, N.Y.) and THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC. (Menands, N.Y.).

"Pharmacological prophylactics against stress-induced affective disorders in females" was invented by Christine Ann Denny (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.) and Briana Kaying Chen (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for prophylactically treating a stress-induced affective disorder or stress-induced psychopathology in a subject are provided. Also provided are methods for inducing and/or enhancing stress resilience in a subject. In certain embodiments,...