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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-10-001747
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100325
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100326
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100326

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERON CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886744
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				752287752
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20859
		FILM NUMBER:		10708539

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		230 CONSTITUTION DRIVE
		CITY:			MENLO PARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94025
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6504737700

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		STREET 1:		200 CONSTITUTION DRIVE
		CITY:			MENLO PARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94025

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERON CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960521
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>UNITED
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>CURRENT
      REPORT</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Date
      of Report (Date of earliest event reported):</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>
      &#160;March 25, 2010</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>GERON
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      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font><br><br>
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            Identification No.)
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            <b>230 CONSTITUTION DRIVE</b>
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            <b>MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025</b>
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      <b>(650) 473-7700</b><br>(<font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Registrant&#8217;s
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            <b>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
            Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;<br>Compensatory
            Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">On March 25,
      2010, the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Geron Corporation (the
      &#8220;Company&#8221;) appointed Thomas Hofstaetter, Ph.D., to the Board, effective
      immediately. Dr. Hofstaetter fills a vacant Class I Board position,
      expiring at the Company&#8217;s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Dr.
      Hofstaetter was also appointed to the Compensation Committee of the
      Board, effective on March 25, 2010.</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">There is no
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      pursuant to which he was selected as a director.</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">In
      connection with Dr. Hofstaetter&#8217;s appointment, the Company granted to
      Dr. Hofstaetter a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 45,000 shares of
      the Company&#8217;s Common Stock (the &#8220;First Option&#8221;) as provided by the
      Company&#8217;s 2006 Directors&#8217; Stock Option Plan (the &#8220;Directors&#8217; Plan&#8221;) at
      an exercise price equal to $5.83 per share, the closing sale price of
      the Company&#8217;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
      March 25, 2010 (the &#8220;Grant Date&#8221;). The First Option shall have a maximum
      term of ten (10) years measured from the Grant Date, and shall be
      exercisable in a series of three (3) equal consecutive annual
      installments on the anniversary of the Grant Date, commencing on the
      Grant Date, provided Dr. Hofstaetter continues to provide services to
      the Company. In addition, the Company granted to Dr. Hofstaetter a
      nonstatutory stock option to purchase 2,500 shares of the Company&#8217;s
      Common Stock as provided by the Directors&#8217; Plan (the &#8220;First Committee
      Service Option&#8221;) at an exercise price equal to $5.83 per share, the
      closing sale price of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock as reported on the
      Nasdaq Global Market on March 25, 2010 (the &#8220;Grant Date&#8221;). The First
      Committee Service Option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years
      measured from the Grant Date, and shall be fully exercisable on the
      Grant Date. Dr. Hofstaetter will also receive cash compensation for his
      services as a non-employee director as described under &#8220;Compensation of
      Directors&#8221; in the Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement for its next
      Annual Meeting of Stockholders.</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Also on
      March 25, 2010, Patrick J. Zenner, a member of the Board and the
      Compensation Committee, notified the Company of his decision to retire
      as a member of the Board and Compensation Committee effective as of May
      19, 2010, the date of the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>SIGNATURE</b></font><br>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">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.</font>
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            GERON CORPORATION
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            March 26, 2010
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            /s/ Thomas B. Okarma
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            Thomas B. Okarma
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            President and Chief Executive Officer
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