Israel isolates coronavirus antibody in 'significant breakthrough': minister

The "monoclonal neutralising antibody" developed at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) "can neutralise it (the disease-causing coronavirus) inside carriers' bodies," Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement.

The statement added that Bennett visited the IIBR on Monday where he was briefed "on a significant breakthrough in finding an antidote for the coronavirus".

It quoted IIBR Director Shmuel Shapira as saying that the antibody formula was being patented, after which an international manufacturer would be sought to mass-produce it.

The IIBR has been leading Israeli efforts to develop a treatment and vaccine for the coronavirus, including the testing of blood from those who recovered from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus.

Antibodies in such samples - immune-system proteins that are residues of successfully overcoming the coronavirus - are widely seen as a key to developing a possible cure.

The antibody reported as having been isolated at the IIBR is monoclonal, meaning it was derived from a single recovered cell and is thus potentially of more potent value in yielding a treatment.

Elsewhere, there have been coronavirus treatments developed from antibodies that are polyclonal, or derived from two or more cells of different ancestry, the magazine Science Direct reported in its May issue.

Israel was one of the first countries to close its borders and impose increasingly stringent restrictions on movement to hamper the domestic coronavirus outbreak. It has reported 16,246 cases and 235 deaths from the illness.

Everyday also hear news like this.

Tapi vaksinnya mana?

Isreal now producing it.

Its coming! Sabar sikit!!

Meanwhile Masonic leader all laugh laugh just as planned. Jpeg

Next they will build a wall, but it will all be ruined by spontaneous singing and clapping.

vaccine =/= antibody

dulu said vaccine ready in 2 weeks.

that was in january

vaksin biasenye perlu 20 thn la bang.

but they hope can get it by 12-18 months. now only 5 months. sabar la ye.

wow Israel !

Jews so strong.

the design weakness is why outer wall dont have overhang?

We love isreal.

The zombie pyramid will have to be bigger.

Can sombody compile a list which coutries has started their own vaccine?

Its like a lot dy, Dr.Fauci said it needs one year the fastesr to make one.

Israel is a high tech society. Theirs are the only "developed" country in the whole middle east.

Their society value education etc. So quite an educated society.

But Israel also have a lot of Orthodox Jews who are super conservative.

We’ll just have to wait for now.

so all can use Yahudi discovery?

ohwai...

inb4 who lipot who butthurt

ok mass produce & clone it in swine b-cells