News News In September 2022, Aplexis was awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to develop first-generation Plek2 inhibitors.In May 2023, Aplexis was selected as one of the ten biotech startups to showcase our therapeutic research in MPNs at the third annual Science2Startup (S2S) Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusettes.