Geron Corporation Awarded Grants Under Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) today announced that the company has been awarded $1.2 million in grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program. The maximum grant amount was awarded to each of the five Geron programs that were eligible for QTDP funding and included oncology and human embryonic stem cell projects. The funds will be used to continue therapeutic development of each of the projects.