17 October 2025   Hesperos Inc. has been awarded  a Phase IIB SBIR grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate the effects of medication on cognitive impairment.   In humans, drug-induced cognitive decline may arise from subtle network‑level disruption, synaptic dysfunction, neurotransmitter imbalance and moderate neuroinflammation. However, these effects are very challenging to detect using standard in vitro models and animal testing. Cognitive decline is typic