MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) today referenced multiple presentations on the role of telomerase and telomeres in cancer at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. There were approximately 80 presentations on telomere and telomerase biology reflecting the growing body of evidence supporting the importance of telomerase as a universal cancer target for drug and vaccine development. Geron holds key intellectual property in the field and leads the development of telomerase-based cancer therapeutics with a drug, GRN163L, and a vaccine, GRNVAC1, in human clinical trials.
