Table 8. List of some recent patents issued for the discovery of miRNA molecules as cancer therapeutics.

Inventor	Application	Patent (country)	Applicant
Xin Wu et al.	Cancer stem cell growth inhibitor using miRNA	Japan	Cancer Stem Tech Inc., Osaka, Japan
Amriti R Lulla and Wafik S EL-Deiry	Treatment of tumors with miRNA targeting CDK4/CDK6	US	Institute for Cancer Research and The Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Chenyu Zhang et al.	New Precursor miRNA and Applications in Tumor Therapy	US	Jiangsu Micromedmark Biotech Co., Ltd., Taizhou, China
Marie Wood et al.	miRNA signature expression in cancer	US	University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, VT, USA

Note: *Adapted from [201]and modified.