RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. Jeannette Graf and Dr. Leroy Young to its Scientific Advisory Board. The addition of these two highly esteemed clinicians provides RXi with invaluable experience and clinical research expertise that are key to the ongoing development of RXI-109. RXI-109 is a self-delivering RNAi compound (sd-rxRNA(R)) developed by RXi for the reduction of dermal scarring in planned surgeries. RXI-109 entered into a Phase 1 clinical study in June 2012. Dr. Jeannette Graf is a board certified, clinical and research dermatologist with a private practice in Great Neck, NY. Dr. Leroy Young is the Director of the BodyAesthetic Research Center in St. Louis, Missouri.