GeneDex was developed by the scientists at OriGene Technologies as part of a daily resource used in completing their mission of isolating a full-length cDNA clone for every gene expressed in the human transcriptome. The goal of this mission is to enable the complete and most accurate functional analysis of the human genome. We see this goal to be satisfied not only by having an authentic cDNA clone for every gene and their splice variant, but also in the power of having complete collections of these cDNA clones for the interrogation of function. These collections enable broad validation through gain of function assays as described by the scientists at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Institute (GNF). However, full-length cDNA collections are not sufficient to understand biological function. The gene is the starting point of all biological experiments.