MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) today announced that John A. Scarlett, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the RBC Capital Markets 2016 Global Healthcare Conference in New York at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 23.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available through the Investor Relations pages of Geron’s website and at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/rbc/healthcare2016/04102457748.cfm. Following the live presentation, the webcast will be archived and available for replay at the same address for a period of 30 days.

About Geron

Geron is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the collaborative development of a first-in-class telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, in hematologic myeloid malignancies. For more information about Geron, visit www.geron.com.

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