Cenix is equipped to do high-throughput, genome-scale RNAi screening. The firm believes that its infrastructure and expertise will allow it to help Big pharma and biotech partners sort through masses of targets to find those with biological relevance. Management believes its methodology can also contribute to drug development--RNAi could, for instance, act as a modifier in screening assays, to see whether this additional means of silencing a gene could improve a drug candidate's activity.
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