US Patent Issued to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on March 11 for "Method for treating nervous system injuries using boldine and derivatives thereof" (American, Chilean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,012, issued on March 11, was assigned to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Method for treating nervous system injuries using boldine and derivatives thereof" was invented by Christopher Cardozo (Bronx, N.Y.), Carlos A. Toro Chacon (Bronx, N.Y.), Zachary Graham (Birmingham, Ala.), Wei Zhao (Bronx, N.Y.) and Juan C. Saez (Vina del Mar, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods of treating an injury to the nervous system in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of boldine, a boldine analog, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt th...