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The Israel Institute for Biotechnology Research, under the Ministry of Defense, has announced that it has developed an antibody to the coronavirus, which is preparing the patent registration and that it will shortly contact pharmaceutical companies to produce it on a commercial scale.
In a joint statement with Defense, the research center ensures that the
Developed antibody attacks the virus in patients and neutralizes it.
“According to researchers at the Institute, led by Professor Shmuel Shapiro, the development phase of the antibody has ended,” says the note.
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Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Benet visited the institute’s laboratory in Ness Ziona, south of Tel Aviv, where they showed him the antibody, “which attacks the virus monoclonally,” and called this finding “an astonishing achievement.”
“I am proud of the staff of the Institute of Biotechnology for this breakthrough. Their creativity and Jewish mind led to this amazing achievement. The entire security establishment will continue to operate at the front (of the fight against) the coronavirus, “the minister said in the statement.
This does not specify whether human antibody tests have been performed. Senior security officials told state broadcaster Kan that the discovery is the first of its kind worldwide.
According to the digital Times of Israel in the world there are about a hundred research teams looking for a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has caused a pandemic that has paralyzed the world, of which a dozen are in the early stages of trials in humans.
Experts warned in March that a vaccine would take at least 18 months to develop if a vaccine were developed, although some estimates are even more pessimistic.
The Israel Institute for Biotechnology Research is dedicated, among other things, to researching chemical weapons and finding antidotes for them.
In March, the Haaretz newspaper published that This center had made serious progress in its search for a vaccine, but Defense issued a denial and assured that it would be informed when it was.
Since it was detected in China earlier this year, the coronavirus has spread all over the planet, has killed nearly 250,000 people, infected at least three and a half million, and has confined much of humanity to their homes. and paralyzed the world economy.
EFE
