Mirna Therapeutics, Inc. Reports Notice of Allowance from USPTO Related to the Clinical Application of miR-34a, a Key Tumor Suppressor miRNA

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mirna Therapeutics, Inc. (“Mirna”) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed patent claims related to the therapeutic application of the potent tumor suppressor microRNA, mir34a. The currently allowed claims describe methods of reducing cancer cell viability by introducing mir-34a into cancerous T-cells or lung, prostate, or skin cancer cells. The patent allowance stems from Mirna’s patent application 60/627,171, filed November 2004, which was one of the earliest patent filings describing clinical applications of microRNAs.