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Tuesday Aug 12 | BioSpace

Geron Corporation and Exeter Life Sciences, Inc. Merge stART...

Geron Corporation and Exeter Life Sciences, Inc. Merge stART Licensing, Inc. and ViaGen, Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Startups, Geron, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration

Mon Aug 11, 2008

MediLexicon

Geron Initiates Clinical Trial Of GRN163L In Combination With...

Geron Corporation announced the enrollment of the first patient in a clinical trial of its telomerase inhibitor drug, GRN163L, in locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Biotech, Startups, Geron, Healthcare Industry, Breast Cancer

Wed Jul 30, 2008

San Francisco Business Times

Geron Corp. reports $13.6M loss in Q2

Geron Corp. lost $13.6 million in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $14 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Geron

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Bloomberg Business News

Geron Says Its Embryonic Cells For Heart Won't Make Immune System React

Geron Corp. said it may be able to inject its experimental stem cells into people to treat heart failure without triggering a life-threatening response by the body's immune system, in research presented today.

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Related Topix: Menlo Park, CA, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Earth Times

Wall Street Media Presents Exclusive Videos from the Needham Biotech Conference

Wall Street Media is presenting exclusive highlight videos from the presentations of Varian Medical Systems Inc., , Geron Corp., , and CuraGen Corp., , at the Needham 7 th Annual Biotechnology & Medical ...

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Related Topix: Startups, Varian Medical Systems, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, CuraGen, Medical Equipment

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Business Wire

Geron Presentations at the ASCO 2008 Annual Meeting

Geron Corporation today announced two presentations of its anti-cancer drug, GRN163L, given at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Switzerland, World News, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Geron

Sat May 31, 2008

The Biotech Stock Blog

Geron Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

David Greenwood - EVP, CFO Tom Okarma - CEO Analysts Glen Gechlik- Needham & Co.

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Thu May 29, 2008

Forbes.com

Q&A: The Man Who Created Embryonic Stem Cells

Ten years ago in a small, closet-like laboratory, James "Jamie" Thomson, an embryologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, changed the world by creating the first human embryonic stem cells.

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Sat May 24, 2008

Toledo Talk

Bush condems disabled to wheel chair, again. Embryonic stem cell trial prohibited

Bush FDA wing-nut god appointee denies spinal cord INJURY REPAIR trial for the second time, even though the company met all of the bush fda requirements, both times::: A legacy that history should rightly call ...

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Startups, Geron, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Thu May 22, 2008

Earth Times

Start Licensing Grants BioArts International Sole License with...

Start Licensing, Inc. today announced that it has granted a sole, worldwide license for the cloning of dogs, cats and endangered species to BioArts International, Ltd.

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Related Topix: Mill Valley, CA, Biotech, Science / Technology, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Tue May 20, 2008

Earth Times

Stock Market Watch for Thursday, May 15, 2008: PUBM Attains True Milestone

TheSUBWAY.com: Names the following stocks to its Stock Watch List: Public Media Works, Inc.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Biotech, Medicine, ON Semiconductor, Electronics, Healthcare Industry, Energy, Pharmaceuticals, McKesson, Household Products, Financial Markets

Sun May 18, 2008

Centre Daily Times

STEMCELL Technologies, Inc. Licenses Geron Intellectual Property for the Development of Media

VANCOUVER & MENLO PARK, Calif. - STEMCELL Technologies, Inc. and Geron Corporation today announced that Geron has granted a license to STEMCELL Technologies under Geron intellectual property relating to primate ...

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Related Topix: Menlo Park, CA, Biotech, Startups, Geron, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

Fri May 16, 2008

International Business Times

Geron shares recover after drop on study delay

“Once we have the letter and have had a discussion with the agency, we will communicate our finding and our thinking to shareholders”

Shares of biotechnology company Geron Corp. regained some ground Thursday, following a prior-day plunge on the Food and Drug Administration's decision to place a clinical hold on a planned stem-cell study. via International Business Times

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Wed May 14, 2008

Med Ad News

FDA Places Geron's GRNOPC1 IND on Clinical Hold

“We have not yet received a letter from the FDA explaining the decision to place the submission on hold, so we are unable to comment specifically”

May 14, 2008 - Geron Corporation announced today that the company received verbal notice today from the FDA that the company's Investigational New Drug submission for GRNOPC1, a cell therapy for spinal cord ... via Med Ad News

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Healthcare Law, Startups, Geron, Medicine, Law, Healthcare Industry

Sun May 11, 2008

Toledo Talk

Anti-Cancer stem cell drug, nontoxic, nasal drops, works in brain

It is huge medical news that you won't read about in the press, and it illustrates the power of Geron's first in man telomerase inhibitor. via Toledo Talk

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Related Topix: Health, Brain Cancer, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Biotech, Startups, Geron, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Menlo Park, CA

Wed May 07, 2008

MediLexicon

University Of Edinburgh Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program Awarded UK Grant Funding

“Because of the receptiveness in the UK, we have major collaborations in place at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Birmingham and Oxford.”

Geron Corporation announced two grant awards to the University of Edinburgh from the UK Stem Cell Foundation, with funding from the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise. via MediLexicon

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Biotech, Startups, Geron, Healthcare Industry, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

Tue May 06, 2008

Medical News

Geron Corporation awarded UK grant funding for human embryonic stem cell research

“The government has made a major investment in creating the Centre and this grant will allow us to progress toward our goal of delivering new treatments for debilitating diseases.”

Geron Corporation announced today two grant awards to the University of Edinburgh from the UK Stem Cell Foundation, with funding from the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise. via Medical News

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Related Topix: Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Biotech, Startups, Geron, Healthcare Industry, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

Mon Apr 28, 2008

PR-inside.com

Geron Announces Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for the 2008 First Quarter

Thomas B. Okarma, Ph.D., M.D., Geron's chief executive officer, and David L. Greenwood, Geron's chief financial officer, will host a conference call for analysts and investors on Wednesday, April 30 at 8:00 ... via PR-inside.com

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Mon Apr 21, 2008

Med Ad News

Geron Presentations at the AACR 2008 Annual Meeting

“These Geron presentations and the many others on telomerase and cancer continue to highlight the importance of telomerase-targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancer”

Apr 16, 2008 - Geron Corporation today announced five presentations of its anti-cancer drug, GRN163L, given at this year's American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. via Med Ad News

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Lung Cancer, Startups, Geron

Sat Apr 19, 2008

The San Francisco Business Times

Geron gets $1.5M milestone after FDA study says cloned animals safe to eat

Exeter Life Sciences Inc. paid Geron Corp. $1.5 million as a milestone payment. The two companies started a joint venture two years ago around cloned animal research and technology. via The San Francisco Business Times

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Startups, Geron, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

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