Protagenic Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing naturally occurring human brain hormones for the treatment of anxiety and depression based mood disorders. It uses a search algorithm to identify new bioactive peptides in the genome. The company's lead product candidate, PT00114, is targeted to inhibit anxiety and depression without interfering with normal brain function. Protagenic Therapeutics was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.