UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 30, 2009

GERON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

0-20859

75-2287752

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

230 CONSTITUTION DRIVE

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 473-7700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On October 30, 2009, Geron Corporation (the “Company”) publicly disseminated a press release announcing the Company’s plan to advance clinical development of its human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based product, GRNOPC1, for the treatment of spinal cord injury. The plan is expected to enable Geron to re-initiate the Phase I clinical trial of GRNOPC1 in patients with complete thoracic spinal cord injury. The Company’s IND (Investigational New Drug application) for spinal cord injury is currently on clinical hold.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s Press Release dated October 30, 2009, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

          (c)       Exhibits

                    99.1      Press release dated October 30, 2009.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

GERON CORPORATION

 

Date:

October 30, 2009

By:

/s/ David L. Greenwood

 

Name:

David L. Greenwood

Title:

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 
 

99.1

Press release dated October 30, 2009.