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			<issuerName>Vigil Neuroscience, Inc.</issuerName>

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						<commentText>This Amendment No. 2 (this "Amendment No. 2" or this "Schedule 13D/A") amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 19, 2022, and amended on December 16, 2022 (as amended, the "Statement") by the Reporting Persons. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 2 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Statement. Unless amended or supplemented below, the information in the Statement remains unchanged.</commentText>
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			 <percentageOfClassSecurities>Rows 11 and 13 of each Reporting Person's cover page to this Schedule 13D/A set forth the aggregate number of shares of common stock and percentages of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by such Reporting Person and are incorporated by reference. </percentageOfClassSecurities>			<numberOfShares>Rows 7 through 10 of each Reporting Person's cover page to this Schedule 13D/A set forth the number of shares of common stock as to which such Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition and are incorporated by reference.</numberOfShares>			<transactionDesc>Except as set forth below, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transactions with respect to the securities of the Issuer during the past sixty days.

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					Reporting					No.			Average		Price	Price
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Open Market Sale		Northpond LP		05/22/2025	2,831,520	7.89			7.82		8.08
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				<signature>/s/ Patrick Smerkers</signature>
				<title>By Northpond Ventures GP, LLC, its general partner, By Patrick Smerkers, Chief Financial Officer</title>
				<date>05/27/2025</date>
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				<title>By Northpond Ventures II GP, LLC, its general partner, By Patrick Smerkers, Chief Financial Officer</title>
				<date>05/27/2025</date>
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