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Phronetik
Unmasking Genetics to Improve Health
R
easoning, the power to question and search
answers makes human beings different from other
mammals. As a race, we have always been
autodidacts and found solace in learning, growing and
teaching. Why and how has it always been important and
has invoked us to find answers to the unknown? The reason
for this inquisitiveness ranges from personal to social, but
what is important is the fact that the journey to the truth has
mostly ended in benefitting the society.
A biotechnology company, Phronetik advances precision
medicine by leveraging OMICS data, artificial intelligence
and informatics to improve diagnosis, treatment, and
monitoring. It also supports translational research with
particular interest in studies that encompass precision
medicine. Over years the company has been trying to
answer the questions with the science behind genetic
predisposition followed by epigenetic studies and
population health research. The diagnosis and interpretation
of data and calculation to determine the diseases has
become the central focus of the company.
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It was with this curiosity and a quest for answers to
unanswered questions that Phronetik was founded. What
triggered the quest was a simple question, “How and why
does one get a disease without any genetic predisposition,
no family history or adverse lifestyle behaviors?” Phronetik
was started to try and find answer these and other questions.
The company’s name is an amalgamation of two Greek
words: phronesis (wisdom) and kinetic (to move) which
justifies its quest to leverage technology and innovation to
improve health care, as they move forward with wisdom.
Tania M
President & CEO
We aim to provide answers where
there were previously none
Never say Never
Quitting is unacceptable for Tania Martin-Mercado,
President & CEO, Phronetik, and the idea reverberates
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