How does a medicine get from the lab to patients?

Nicknamed "the wanderer", the vagus nerve plays a variety of interesting roles in our body. Now, researchers are exploring whether vagus nerve stimulation is a viable treatment option for COVID-19. Immunologist Dr Paul-Peter Tak teaches us more in this installment of Teach Me in 10.

In this installment of Teach Me in 10, we are delighted to welcome Elizabeth K. Neumann from Vanderbilt University’s Mass Spectrometry Research Center. How can imaging mass spectrometry be used to study biological processes within the body? Watch this Teach Me in 10 to find out!

The Chanda Lab at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute worked very quickly to screen nearly 12,000 compounds – already tested in humans – to find a drug that can slow or stop SARS-CoV-2. The approach is likely the fastest path to a treatment for COVID-19.