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Geron Announces Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for the 2010 Second Quarter

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  Published in Health and Fitness on Monday, July 26th 2010 at 13:35 GMT by Market Wire

MENLO PARK, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) will announce its financial results for the 2010 second quarter on Thursday, July 29, 2010, after the closing of the equity market. Thomas B. Okarma, Ph.D., M.D., Gerona™s president and chief executive officer, and David L. Greenwood, Gerona™s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will host a conference call for analysts and investors on Friday, July 30 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Participants can access the conference call live via telephone by dialing 800-706-7749 (U.S.); 617-614-3474 (international). The passcode is 93768896. A live audio-only webcast is also available through a link that is posted on the Events page in the Investor Relations section of Gerona™s Web site at [ http://www.geron.com ]. The audio Web broadcast of the conference call will be available for replay within 60 minutes following the live broadcast through August 30, 2010.

Geron is developing first-in-class biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer and chronic degenerative diseases, including spinal cord injury, heart failure and diabetes. The company is advancing an anti-cancer drug and a cancer vaccine that target the enzyme telomerase through multiple clinical trials in different cancers. For more information, visit [ www.geron.com ].