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Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, speaks with the director of the Institute of Biological Research, Prof. Shmuel Shapira, at the laboratory in Ness Ziona on August 6, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
August 6, 2020, 3:07 pm
Gantz: Human trials of Israeli-made coronavirus vaccine to begin in mid-October
Shot developed in Defense Ministry’s secretive Institute for Biological Research has already proven effective in animals
By Judah Ari Gross
A subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, March 16, 2020. (AP/Ted S. Warren, File)
July 31, 2020, 11:10 pm
Israeli institute’s COVID vaccine candidate said very effective in animal trials
Secretive Israeli research center’s shot shows near 100% efficacy in non-human trials, is on par with US company Moderna’s candidate, TV report says
By TOI staff and Agencies
A doctor shows a prospective vaccine for prevention and of coronavirus infection (iStock)
June 30, 2020, 5:13 pm
Their best shots: Israeli efforts to invent a coronavirus vaccine, explained
With healthy hamsters and happy politicians, the Jewish state’s research is going full steam ahead, and boasting of a breakthrough
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A researcher with a vial in a lab, March 12, 2020, in Meriden, Connecticut, amidst researching a vaccine for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
June 21, 2020, 7:01 am
In possible breakthrough, Israeli lab claims successful vaccine trial on rodents
Defense Ministry-run Institute for Biological Research says it has been able to protect hamsters from COVID-19, hopes to have finished product for humans within a year
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of mitochondrial DNA testing at the State of California Department of Justice Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory in Richmond, California, February 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 26, 2020, 3:00 pm
2 drugs for Gaucher’s disease also fight COVID-19, Israeli defense lab finds
Defense Ministry-run Institute for Biological Research identifies medications treating the genetic disorder that can be used against viruses; one already has FDA approval
By Judah Ari Gross
A Mayanei Hayeshua medical team treats a patient with COVID-19 at the coronavirus unit in Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak, Israel, April 13, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 17, 2020, 11:30 pm
Israeli lab completes successful coronavirus vaccine tests on rodents – report
Defense Ministry-run Institute for Biological Research said to prepare further experiments before moving on to human trials, hopes to have finished product within a year
By TOI staff and Agencies
Volunteer scientists process samples taken from people tested for the novel coronavirus, at a laboratory recently dedicated for the processing of COVID-19 samples by Medicines Discovery Catapult, at The Lighthouse Lab at Alderley Park in Cheshire, northern England, on April 22, 2020. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
May 5, 2020, 9:19 pm
Israeli lab confirms breakthrough with virus antibody, but says months till cure
State-run facility says it is ‘first in world’ to reach 3 major milestones in COVID-19 fight; antibody could yield a treatment but has yet to be tested on animals, let alone humans
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustration of a man receiving a vaccine. November 06, 2018. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
May 5, 2020, 1:06 am
Defense minister claims Israel’s biological institute developed virus antibody
Naftali Bennett hails ‘amazing achievement’; his office says shadowy defense research facility moving to patent treatment, approaching international companies to mass produce it
By TOI staff and Agencies
Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus, March 19, 2020. (Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 7:13 pm
Israel’s biological institute reports ‘significant progress’ on virus vaccine
Head of secretive defense facility tells Netanyahu the institute will soon start testing on animals, but working vaccine still long way off
By TOI staff
French lab scientists in hazmat gear inserting liquid in test tube manipulate potentially infected patient samples at Pasteur Institute in Paris, February 6, 2020. (Francois Mori/AP)
March 12, 2020, 11:20 am
Defense Ministry denies ‘breakthrough’ on vaccine for COVID-19
Scaling back expectations, government says process will take time; experts estimate full distribution of a vaccine will take roughly a year
By Judah Ari Gross
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