[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.06,0:00:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a tuberculosis ward, Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the time this picture was taken\Nin the late 1800s, Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.94,0:00:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one in seven of all people Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.58,0:00:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,died from tuberculosis. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had no idea\Nwhat was causing this disease. Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.14,0:00:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hypothesis was actually Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.22,0:00:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was your constitution\Nthat made you susceptible. Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.50,0:00:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a highly romanticized disease. Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.26,0:00:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was also called consumption, Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.10,0:00:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was the disorder of poets Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.26,0:00:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and artists and intellectuals. Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.02,0:00:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some people actually thought\Nit gave you heightened sensitivity Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.78,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and conferred creative genius. Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.70,0:00:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the 1950s, Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.86,0:00:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we instead knew\Nthat tuberculosis was caused Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.46,0:00:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a highly contagious\Nbacterial infection, Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.86,0:00:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is slightly less romantic, Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.06,0:01:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that had the upside Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.34,0:01:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of us being able to maybe\Ndevelop drugs to treat it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.70,0:01:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So doctors had discovered\Na new drug, iproniazid, Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.74,0:01:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were optimistic\Nmight cure tuberculosis, Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.14,0:01:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they gave it to patients, Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and patients were elated. Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.74,0:01:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were more social, more energetic. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.26,0:01:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One medical report actually says\Nthey were "dancing in the halls." Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.50,0:01:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately, Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.14,0:01:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was not necessarily\Nbecause they were getting better. Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.42,0:01:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of them were still dying. Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.66,0:01:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another medical report describes them\Nas being "inappropriately happy." Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.22,0:01:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is how the first\Nantidepressant was discovered. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.98,0:01:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So accidental discovery\Nis not uncommon in science, Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.06,0:01:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it requires more\Nthan just a happy accident. Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.22,0:01:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be able to recognize it\Nfor discovery to occur. Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.50,0:01:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a neuroscientist,\NI'm going to talk to you a little bit Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.26,0:01:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my firsthand experience Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.70,0:02:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with whatever you want to call\Nthe opposite of dumb luck -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.94,0:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's call it smart luck. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.58,0:02:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first, a bit more background. Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.46,0:02:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfully, since the 1950s, Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.14,0:02:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've developed some other drugs\Nand we can actually now cure tuberculosis. Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.14,0:02:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at least in the United States,\Nthough not necessarily in other countries, Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.82,0:02:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have closed our sanitoriums Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.34,0:02:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably most of you\Nare not too worried about TB. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.90,0:02:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of what was true\Nin the early 1900s Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.58,0:02:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about infectious disease, Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.46,0:02:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can say now\Nabout psychiatric disorders. Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.82,0:02:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in the middle\Nof an epidemic of mood disorders Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.86,0:02:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like depression and post-traumatic\Nstress disorder, or PTSD. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.30,0:02:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One in four of all adults\Nin the United States Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.18,0:02:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffers from mental illness, Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.18,0:02:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that if you haven't\Nexperienced it personally Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.34,0:02:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or someone in your family hasn't, Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.66,0:02:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's still very likely\Nthat someone you know has, Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.94,0:02:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though they may not talk about it. Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.22,0:03:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depression has actually now surpassed Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.54,0:03:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HIV/AIDS, malaria, diabetes and war Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.42,0:03:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the leading cause\Nof disability worldwide. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.70,0:03:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, like tuberculosis in the 1950s, Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.34,0:03:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't know what causes it. Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.42,0:03:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once it's developed, it's chronic, Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.38,0:03:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lasts a lifetime, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.90,0:03:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are no known cures. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.66,0:03:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second antidepressant we discovered, Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.90,0:03:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also by accident, in the 1950s, Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.38,0:03:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an antihistamine\Nthat was making people manic, Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.86,0:03:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imipramine. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.22,0:03:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in both the case of the tuberculosis\Nward and the antihistamine, Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.90,0:03:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone had to be able to recognize Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.62,0:03:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a drug that was designed\Nto do one thing -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.06,0:03:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treat tuberculosis\Nor suppress allergies -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.66,0:03:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be used to do\Nsomething very different -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.42,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treat depression. Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.38,0:03:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this sort of repurposing\Nis actually quite challenging. Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.42,0:03:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When doctors first saw\Nthis mood-enhancing effect of iproniazid, Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.38,0:03:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't really recognize\Nwhat they saw. Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.86,0:03:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were so used to thinking about it Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.74,0:04:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the framework\Nof being a tuberculosis drug Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.54,0:04:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they actually just listed it Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.62,0:04:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a side effect, an adverse side effect. Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.42,0:04:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see here, Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.60,0:04:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of these patients in 1954\Nare experiencing severe euphoria. Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.90,0:04:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were worried\Nthat this might somehow interfere Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.54,0:04:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their recovering from tuberculosis. Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.42,0:04:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they recommended that iproniazid\Nonly be used in cases of extreme TB Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.70,0:04:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in patients that were\Nhighly emotionally stable, Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.22,0:04:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course the exact opposite\Nof how we use it as an antidepressant. Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.14,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were so used to looking at it\Nfrom the perspective of this one disease, Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.62,0:04:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could not see the larger implications\Nfor another disease. Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.38,0:04:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to be fair,\Nit's not entirely their fault. Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.10,0:04:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Functional fixedness\Nis a bias that affects all of us. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.90,0:04:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a tendency to only\Nbe able to think of an object Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.38,0:04:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of its traditional\Nuse or function. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.74,0:04:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mental set is another thing. Right? Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.66,0:05:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's sort of this preconceived framework Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.70,0:05:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with which we approach problems. Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.50,0:05:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that actually makes repurposing\Npretty hard for all of us, Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.78,0:05:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, I guess, why they gave\Na TV show to the guy who was, Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.34,0:05:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, really great at repurposing. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.66,0:05:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.18,0:05:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the effects in both the case\Nof iproniazid and imipramine, Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.54,0:05:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were so strong -- Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.94,0:05:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was mania,\Nor people dancing in the halls. Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.18,0:05:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually not that surprising\Nthey were caught. Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.34,0:05:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it does make you wonder\Nwhat else we've missed. Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.02,0:05:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So iproniazid and imipramine, Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.22,0:05:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're more than just\Na case study in repurposing. Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.66,0:05:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have two other things in common\Nthat are really important. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.66,0:05:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, they have terrible side effects. Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.18,0:05:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That includes liver toxicity, Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.82,0:05:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weight gain of over 50 pounds, Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.82,0:05:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suicidality. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.62,0:05:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two, they both\Nincrease levels of serotonin, Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.82,0:05:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a chemical signal in the brain, Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.18,0:05:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a neurotransmitter. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.38,0:05:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those two things together,\Nright, one or the two, Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.90,0:06:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may not have been that important, Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.54,0:06:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the two together meant\Nthat we had to develop safer drugs, Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.30,0:06:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that serotonin seemed\Nlike a pretty good place to start. Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.66,0:06:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we developed drugs\Nto more specifically focus on serotonin, Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.58,0:06:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the selective serotonin\Nreuptake inhibitors, so the SSRIs, Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.26,0:06:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most famous of which is Prozac. Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.02,0:06:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was 30 years ago, Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.02,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since then we have mostly\Njust worked on optimizing those drugs. Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.74,0:06:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the SSRIs, they are better\Nthan the drugs that came before them, Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.98,0:06:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they still have a lot of side effects, Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.10,0:06:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including weight gain, insomnia, Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.02,0:06:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suicidality -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.10,0:06:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they take a really long time to work, Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.46,0:06:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like four to six weeks\Nin a lot of patients. Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.02,0:06:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's in the patients\Nwhere they do work. Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.22,0:06:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of patients\Nwhere these drugs don't work. Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.10,0:06:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means now, in 2016, Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.50,0:06:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still have no cures\Nfor any mood disorders, Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.34,0:06:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just drugs that suppress symptoms, Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.42,0:06:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kind of the difference between\Ntaking a painkiller for an infection Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.50,0:06:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus an antibiotic. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.94,0:07:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A painkiller will make you feel better, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.82,0:07:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is not going to do anything\Nto treat that underlying disease. Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.70,0:07:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was this flexibility\Nin our thinking Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.06,0:07:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that let us recognize\Nthat iproniazid and imipramine Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.02,0:07:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be repurposed in this way, Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.14,0:07:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which led us to the serotonin hypothesis, Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.14,0:07:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we then, ironically, fixated on. Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.98,0:07:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is brain signaling, serotonin, Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.54,0:07:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an SSRI commercial. Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.82,0:07:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In case you're not clear,\Nthis is a dramatization. Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.66,0:07:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in science, we try\Nand remove our bias, right, Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.74,0:07:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by running double-blinded experiments Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.14,0:07:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or being statistically agnostic\Nas to what our results will be. Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.86,0:07:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But bias creeps in more insidiously\Nin what we choose to study Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.18,0:07:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we choose to study it. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.26,0:07:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've focused on serotonin now\Nfor the past 30 years, Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.86,0:07:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often to the exclusion of other things. Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.86,0:07:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still have no cures, Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.18,0:07:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what if serotonin\Nisn't all there is to depression? Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.62,0:07:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if it's not even the key part of it? Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.70,0:07:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means no matter how much time Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.90,0:08:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or money or effort we put into it, Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.66,0:08:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will never lead to a cure. Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.50,0:08:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past few years,\Ndoctors have discovered Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.10,0:08:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably what is the first truly new\Nantidepressant since the SSRIs, Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.54,0:08:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calypsol, Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.86,0:08:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this drug works very quickly,\Nwithin a few hours or a day, Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.34,0:08:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't work on serotonin. Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.26,0:08:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It works on glutamate,\Nwhich is another neurotransmitter. Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.38,0:08:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's also repurposed. Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.90,0:08:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was traditionally used\Nas anesthesia in surgery. Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.54,0:08:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unlike those other drugs, Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.22,0:08:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were recognized pretty quickly, Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.06,0:08:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it took us 20 years Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.78,0:08:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to realize that Calypsol\Nwas an antidepressant, Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.46,0:08:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the fact that it's actually\Na better antidepressant, Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.34,0:08:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably, than those other drugs. Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.98,0:08:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually probably because of the fact\Nthat it's a better antidepressant Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.10,0:08:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was harder for us to recognize. Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.02,0:08:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no mania to signal its effects. Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.58,0:08:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 2013, up at Columbia University, Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.70,0:08:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was working with my colleague, Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.30,0:08:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Christine Ann Denny, Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.30,0:09:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were studying Calypsol\Nas an antidepressant in mice. Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.66,0:09:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Calypsol has, like,\Na really short half-life, Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.50,0:09:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means it's out of your body\Nwithin a few hours. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.58,0:09:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were just piloting. Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.02,0:09:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we would give an injection to mice, Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.30,0:09:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we'd wait a week, Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.62,0:09:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we'd run\Nanother experiment to save money. Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.02,0:09:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the experiments I was running, Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.18,0:09:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would stress the mice, Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.86,0:09:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we used that as a model of depression. Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.10,0:09:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at first it kind of just looked\Nlike it didn't really work at all. Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.46,0:09:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we could have stopped there. Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.54,0:09:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have run this model\Nof depression for years, Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.46,0:09:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the data just looked kind of weird. Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.38,0:09:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't really look right to me. Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.26,0:09:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went back, Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.50,0:09:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we reanalyzed it Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.02,0:09:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on whether or not they had gotten\Nthat one injection of Calypsol Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.86,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a week beforehand. Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.94,0:09:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it looked kind of like this. Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.98,0:09:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you look at the far left, Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.14,0:09:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you put a mouse in a new space, Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.66,0:09:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the box, it's very exciting, Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.94,0:09:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mouse will walk around and explore, Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.10,0:09:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see that pink line\Nis actually the measure of them walking. Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.42,0:10:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also give it\Nanother mouse in a pencil cup Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.62,0:10:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it can decide to interact with. Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.70,0:10:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also a dramatization,\Nin case that's not clear. Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.94,0:10:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a normal mouse will explore. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.66,0:10:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be social. Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.62,0:10:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check out what's going on. Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.02,0:10:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you stress a mouse\Nin this depression model, Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.94,0:10:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the middle box, Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.10,0:10:19.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they aren't social, they don't explore. Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.02,0:10:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They mostly just kind of hide\Nin that back corner, behind a cup. Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.02,0:10:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet the mice that had gotten\Nthat one injection of Calypsol, Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.14,0:10:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on your right, Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.06,0:10:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were exploring, they were social. Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.74,0:10:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They looked like they\Nhad never been stressed at all, Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.02,0:10:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is impossible. Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.26,0:10:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we could have just stopped there, Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.78,0:10:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Christine had also used\NCalypsol before as anesthesia, Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.10,0:10:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few years ago she had seen Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.70,0:10:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it seemed to have\Nsome weird effects on cells Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.10,0:10:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some other behavior Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.34,0:10:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that also seemed to last\Nlong after the drug, Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.38,0:10:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe a few weeks. Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.66,0:10:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were like, OK, Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.94,0:10:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe this is not completely impossible, Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.14,0:10:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we were really skeptical. Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.66,0:11:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we did what you do in science\Nwhen you're not sure, Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.22,0:11:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ran it again. Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.46,0:11:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember being in the animal room, Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.50,0:11:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving mice from box to box\Nto test them, Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.18,0:11:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christine was actually sitting\Non the floor with the computer in her lap Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.82,0:11:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the mice couldn't see her, Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.26,0:11:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was analyzing\Nthe data in real time. Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.54,0:11:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember us yelling, Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.94,0:11:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you're not supposed to do\Nin an animal room where you're testing, Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.26,0:11:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it had worked. Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.86,0:11:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed like these mice\Nwere protected against stress, Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.26,0:11:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they were inappropriately happy,\Nhowever you want to call it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.34,0:11:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were really excited. Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.82,0:11:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we were really skeptical,\Nbecause it was too good to be true. Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.86,0:11:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we ran it again. Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.74,0:11:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we ran it again in a PTSD model, Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.50,0:11:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ran it again\Nin a physiological model, Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.94,0:11:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all we did was give stress hormones. Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.18,0:11:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we had our undergrads run it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.82,0:11:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we had our collaborators\Nhalfway across the world in France run it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.78,0:11:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time someone ran it,\Nthey confirmed the same thing. Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.02,0:12:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seemed like\Nthis one injection of Calypsol Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.86,0:12:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was somehow protecting\Nagainst stress for weeks. Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.18,0:12:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we only published this a year ago, Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.06,0:12:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but since then other labs\Nhave independently confirmed this effect. Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.94,0:12:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we don't know what causes depression, Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.46,0:12:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we do know that stress\Nis the initial trigger Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.18,0:12:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 80 percent of cases, Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.54,0:12:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and depression and PTSD\Nare different diseases, Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.78,0:12:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is something\Nthey share in common. Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.82,0:12:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? It is traumatic stress Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.66,0:12:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like active combat or natural disasters Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.58,0:12:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or community violence or sexual assault Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.06,0:12:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that causes post-traumatic\Nstress disorder, Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.98,0:12:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not everyone that is exposed to stress\Ndevelops a mood disorder. Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.62,0:12:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this ability to experience\Nstress and be resilient Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.54,0:12:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bounce back and not develop\Ndepression or PTSD Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.50,0:12:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is known as stress resilience, Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.78,0:12:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it varies between people. Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.66,0:12:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have always thought of it\Nas just sort of this passive property. Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.02,0:12:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the absence of susceptibility factors Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.58,0:12:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and risk factors for these disorders. Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.62,0:13:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if it were active? Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.42,0:13:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we could enhance it, Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.94,0:13:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of akin to putting on armor. Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.22,0:13:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had accidentally discovered\Nthe first resilience-enhancing drug. Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.74,0:13:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like I said, we only gave\Na tiny amount of the drug, Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.54,0:13:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it lasted for weeks, Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.14,0:13:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not like anything\Nyou see with antidepressants. Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.38,0:13:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is actually kind of similar\Nto what you see in immune vaccines. Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.18,0:13:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in immune vaccines,\Nyou'll get your shots, Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.14,0:13:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then weeks, months, years later, Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.54,0:13:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're actually exposed to bacteria, Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.90,0:13:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not the vaccine in your body\Nthat protects you. Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.38,0:13:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's your own immune system Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.78,0:13:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's developed resistance and resilience\Nto this bacteria that fights it off, Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.94,0:13:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you actually never get the infection, Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.10,0:13:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is very different\Nfrom, say, our treatments. Right? Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.18,0:13:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that case, you get the infection,\Nyou're exposed to the bacteria, Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.02,0:13:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're sick, and then you take,\Nsay, an antibiotic which cures it, Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.90,0:13:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those drugs are actually working\Nto kill the bacteria. Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.78,0:14:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or similar to as I said before,\Nwith this palliative, Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.30,0:14:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll take something\Nthat will suppress the symptoms, Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.18,0:14:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it won't treat\Nthe underlying infection, Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.90,0:14:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll only feel better\Nduring the time in which you're taking it, Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.26,0:14:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why you have to keep taking it. Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.22,0:14:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in depression and PTSD -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.94,0:14:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we have your stress exposure -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.94,0:14:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we only have palliative care. Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.58,0:14:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Antidepressants only suppress symptoms, Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.10,0:14:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is why you basically\Nhave to keep taking them Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.98,0:14:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the life of the disease, Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.70,0:14:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is often\Nthe length of your own life. Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.94,0:14:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're calling our resilience-enhancing\Ndrugs "paravaccines," Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.18,0:14:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means vaccine-like, Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.74,0:14:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it seems\Nlike they might have the potential Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.26,0:14:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect against stress Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.10,0:14:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prevent mice from developing Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.54,0:14:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depression and post-traumatic\Nstress disorder. Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.78,0:14:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, not all antidepressants\Nare also paravaccines. Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.30,0:14:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tried Prozac as well, Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.94,0:14:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that had no effect. Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.06,0:14:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if this were to translate into humans, Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.10,0:15:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might be able to protect people Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.70,0:15:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are predictably at risk Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.98,0:15:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against stress-induced disorders\Nlike depression and PTSD. Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.86,0:15:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's first responders\Nand firefighters, Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.02,0:15:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refugees, prisoners and prison guards, Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.18,0:15:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soldiers, you name it. Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.22,0:15:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to give you a sense\Nof the scale of these diseases, Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.62,0:15:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2010, the global burden of disease Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.70,0:15:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was estimated at 2.5 trillion dollars, Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.06,0:15:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since they are chronic, Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.62,0:15:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cost is compounding\Nand is therefore expected to rise Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.86,0:15:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to six trillion dollars\Nin just the next 15 years. Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.46,0:15:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I mentioned before, Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.06,0:15:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repurposing can be challenging\Nbecause of our prior biases. Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.86,0:15:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calypsol has another name, Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.10,0:15:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ketamine, Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.38,0:15:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which also goes by another name, Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.46,0:15:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Special K, Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.90,0:15:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a club drug and drug of abuse. Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.54,0:16:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still used across the world\Nas an anesthetic. Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.66,0:16:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's used in children.\NWe use it on the battlefield. Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.54,0:16:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually the drug of choice\Nin a lot of developing nations, Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.54,0:16:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it doesn't affect breathing. Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.42,0:16:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is on the World Health Organization\Nlist of most essential medicines. Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.58,0:16:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we had discovered ketamine\Nas a paravaccine first, Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.82,0:16:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'd be pretty easy for us to develop it, Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.70,0:16:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as is, we have to compete\Nwith our functional fixedness Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.58,0:16:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mental set that kind of interfere. Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.70,0:16:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, it's not\Nthe only compound we have discovered Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.58,0:16:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has these prophylactic,\Nparavaccine qualities, Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.70,0:16:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of the other drugs\Nwe've discovered, Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.78,0:16:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or compounds if you will,\Nthey're totally new, Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.98,0:16:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have to go through\Nthe entire FDA approval process -- Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.62,0:16:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they make it before\Nthey can ever be used in humans. Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.22,0:16:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that will be years. Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.90,0:16:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we wanted something sooner, Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.18,0:16:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ketamine is already FDA-approved. Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.58,0:16:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's generic, it's available. Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.30,0:17:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could develop it for a fraction\Nof the price and a fraction of the time. Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.38,0:17:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually, beyond\Nfunctional fixedness and mental set, Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.78,0:17:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a real other challenge\Nto repurposing drugs, Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.38,0:17:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is policy. Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.18,0:17:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no incentives in place Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.42,0:17:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a drug is generic and off patent\Nand no longer exclusive Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.18,0:17:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to encourage pharma companies\Nto develop them, Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.54,0:17:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they don't make money. Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.38,0:17:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not true for just ketamine.\NThat is true for all drugs. Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.58,0:17:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless, the idea itself\Nis completely novel in psychiatry, Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.26,0:17:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use drugs to prevent mental illness Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.18,0:17:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to just treat it. Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.74,0:17:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is possible that 20, 50,\N100 years from now, Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.82,0:17:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will look back now\Nat depression and PTSD Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.94,0:17:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way we look back\Nat tuberculosis sanitoriums Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.18,0:17:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a thing of the past. Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.18,0:17:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This could be the beginning of the end\Nof the mental health epidemic. Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.38,0:18:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as a great scientist once said, Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.90,0:18:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Only a fool is sure of anything. Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.18,0:18:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wise man keeps on guessing." Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.04,0:18:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, guys. Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.78,0:18:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)