Listed biotech company Mesoblast says it is seeing positive signs for the use of its stem cell therapy in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients.
The company said 83 per cent of ventilator-dependent patients with a high risk of mortality who received its stem cell treatment have survived during early compassionate usage in New York's Mount Sinai hospital.
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