Geron Corp. : Geron to Present at the Cowen and Company Health Care Conference

Geron Corp. : Geron to Present at the Cowen and Company Health Care Conference

MENLO PARK, Calif., February 27, 2013 - Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today
announced that Olivia Bloom, Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief
Financial Officer, will present an overview of the company at 10:40 a.m.
Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 6, at the Cowen and Company 33rd Annual
Health Care Conference in Boston.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available at
http://wsw.com/webcast/cowen10/gern/. 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 biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class therapies for
cancer, including its telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, in clinical
development. For more information about Geron, visit www.geron.com.

CONTACT:

Anna Krassowska, Ph.D.
Investor and Media Relations
650-473-7765
investor@geron.com
media@geron.com

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