September 17, 2026 – The NationalInstitute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a division ofthe National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded SignaBlok, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel peptide antagonists of cell receptors, a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop a new therapeutic approach for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
SignaBlok’s approach to IBD therapy targets TREM-1, a cell-surface receptor that has emer