Jerusalem, May 5: In what could be a슬롯 머신 사이트 추천positive development in developing a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19), Israeli Defence Minister슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Naftali Bennett claimed that the country's슬롯 머신 사이트 추천main biological research laboratory has isolated a key antibody that can eliminate the deadly virus. In a statement on Monday,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Naftali Bennett said슬롯 머신 사이트 추천the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has got a 슬롯사이트œsignificant breakthrough슬롯사이트 toward a possible treatment for the COVID-19 infection.

Bennett said he visited슬롯 머신 사이트 추천labs of the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), which is supervised by the Prime Minister's Office, in Ness Ziona and was shown the "antibody that attacks the virus in a monoclonal way and can neutralize it within the bodies of those ill", . "I am proud of the institute staff for this terrific breakthrough," said Bennett. "Their creativity and the Jewish mind brought about this amazing achievement," he added.

According to슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Bennett, labs have completed the development of the antibody and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천was in the process of patenting the find. "In the next stage, researchers will approach international companies to produce the antibody on a commercial scale," he was quoted as saying. It remains unclear whether슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Israeli Defence Minister's claims were in addition슬롯 머신 사이트 추천to progress that was reported in late March.

The Defence Ministry, in March, had said that the IIBR labs슬롯 머신 사이트 추천had a significant breakthrough in understanding the biological mechanism and qualities of the virus, including better diagnostic capability, production of antibodies for those who already have the virus and development of a vaccine.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천No Guarantee Coronavirus Vaccine Will be Developed, Says WHO Envoy David Nabarro.

"There has been no breakthrough in the efforts of the biological institute to find a vaccine for the coronavirus or to develop testing kits. The institute's work is conducted according to an orderly work plan and it will take time. If and when there will be something to report, it will be done in an orderly fashion", the Defence Ministry had told Ha'aretz.

The Institute for Biological Research, located in the central Israeli town of Nes Tziona, was established in 1952 as part of the Israel Defence Forces' Science Corps, and later became a civilian organisation. It is technically under the supervision of the Prime Minister's Office, but is in close communication with the Defence Ministry, as per the report. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have ordered the institute to devote resources to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 on February 1. (With agency inputs)

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