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BOULDER - Boulder-based Source Precision Medicine isn't in the genomics business to search for cures for deadly diseases, but it does something just as important for medicine - it takes the vital signs of human cells.
Source Precision develops database tools for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies that in turn use them to make better medicines. The company also provides its customers with expert professional services to assist them with the powerful database tools.
Tracking drug effects
Despite all the advancements in modern medicine over the last 100 years, scientists still are struggling to find an easier path to developing medicines that cure. Sure, a lot more chemicals compounds have been discovered to test with, but the number of targeted genes also has increased, making the choices for researchers agonizing.
"You're still trying to find that needle in the haystack," Source Precision's Vice President of Finance and Operations Vikas Tiku said. "The idea is to make better tools that help pharmacology...