HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006--Open Biosystems, Inc., focused on the commercialization of leading-edge life science research tools for drug discovery, today announced that Northwestern University has joined its Open Access RNAi Program. By participating in this program, Northwestern’s community of 270 participating research labs gain access to the most advanced RNAi technology through Open Biosystems’ whole-genome lentiviral shRNAmir libraries.