Israel says it has isolated coronavirus antibody in 'significant breakthrough'

Israel has isolated a key coronavirus antibody at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said, calling it a "significant breakthrough". "The monoclonal neutralising antibody...can neutralise the disease-causing coronavirus inside carriers' bodies," he added. IIBR Director Shmuel Shapira said that the antibody formula was being patented.