Secretive research center's shot shows near 100% efficacy in non-human trials, is on par with US company Moderna's candidate, TV report says

With healthy hamsters and happy politicians, the Jewish state's research is going full steam ahead, and boasting of a breakthrough

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

Defense Ministry-run Institute for Biological Research identifies medications treating the genetic disorder that can be used against viruses; one already has FDA approval

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

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

Naftali Bennett's office says shadowy defense research facility moving to patent antibody, approaching international companies to mass produce it

Head of secretive defense facility tells Netanyahu the institute will soon start testing on animals, but working vaccine still long way off

Scaling back expectations, government says process will take time; experts estimate full distribution of a vaccine will take roughly a year