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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-24-004105
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240216

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kapur Anil
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001730703
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20859
		FILM NUMBER:		24648440

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		275 MADISON AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 702
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERON CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886744
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	03 Life Sciences
		IRS NUMBER:				752287752
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		919 EAST HILLSDALE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6504737700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		919 EAST HILLSDALE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			FOSTER CITY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94404

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERON CORPORATION
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960521
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        <issuerName>GERON CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GERN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Kapur Anil</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GERON CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94404</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, CORP STRATEGY &amp; CCO</officerTitle>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.10</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2024-02-14</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>750000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2034-02-13</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option vests in a series of 48 consecutive equal monthly installments commencing February 14, 2024, provided the optionee continues to provide service to the Company.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Scott A. Samuels, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-02-16</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin-top:6.533px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:301.267px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:24px; font-size:12pt">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Scott Samuels, Pamela Smith, Christopher Johnson, Laura Reederson, Angela Kantere, David Clark, Michelle Robertson, and Katherine Harmon, as well as Marina Remennik and Samuel Paullin of Cooley LLP, and each of them, the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.067px;margin-bottom:-1pt;font-size:1pt"></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:104px; width:140px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:140px; padding-right:11.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">Prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as an officer, director or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of securities of Geron Corporation (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), Form ID and Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules thereunder;</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.733px; margin-bottom:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:104px; width:140px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:140px; padding-right:11.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID and Forms 3, 4, or 5, and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in connection therewith, and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:104px; width:140px; font-size:11pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:140px; padding-right:11.533px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s discretion.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:24px; font-size:12pt">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.067px; margin-bottom:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:24px; font-size:12pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID or Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorneys-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:24px; font-size:12pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of September 2023.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Signature: /s/ Anil Kapur</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Name: Anil Kapur</p>
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