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Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation
60 Prescott Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01605

          We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated April 15, 2011, relating to the financial statements of RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation appearing in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts

June 9, 2011