Geron Corporation
230 Constitution Dr.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-473-7700
Fax: 650-473-7701
geron.com
If Geron could turn back time, it would make a lot of money. The
company (which takes its name from the Greek word for old man)
conducts research on the aging process, focusing on telomeres,
structures that act as a molecular "clock" for cellular aging, and
telomerase, an enzyme that seems to prolong the cellular lifespan. By
creating a telomerase inhibitor, Geron hopes to allow the telomeres
of a cancerous cell to continue aging and eventually die. Its
research has applications to skin aging, osteoporosis, and
Alzheimer's disease. Geron has research collaborations with the
research groups at Johns Hopkins and University of Wisconsin that
discovered a method for culturing human stem cells.
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