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Fri, 07 Jan 2000 00:00
Lifespan increases to 300+ years with GERN
Author: StemCell
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 00:00
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The following company is working on expanding Human life spans to 300+ years utilizing stem cell and Human Genome sequencing technology x Contact: David Greenwood Ronald Eastman (NASDAQ: GERN) Geron, Inc. PH: 650.473.7700 FX: 650.473.7701 Email: info@geron.com x BURLINGAME, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- If biotechnology is to achieve one its great promises -- to significantly lengthen lifespans in the 21st Century -- one company almost sure to play a high-profile role is Geron Corp. (Nasdaq: GERN - news). x The Menlo Park, CA firm is considered a leader in treating -- and potentially reversing -- age-related x conditions among humans. Its technology is largely centered around the genetic clock of cell aging -- the telomere, and the key that is believed to rewind the clock of cell aging -- telomerase. Geron's proprietary technology platform has many applications in medicine from age-related diseases to cancer. In 1999 Geron acquired Roslin Bio-Med of Scotland, a private company that developed the ``nuclear x transfer'' technology that spawned ``Dolly,'' the world's first cloned sheep. The acquisition and ongoing collaboration with the Roslin Institute provides Geron with the complementary technologies that may one day potentially allow individuals in need of particular cell types for organ repair to receive cells of a perfect genetic match, thereby eliminating the risk of rejection Contact: David Greenwood Ronald Eastman x Geron, Inc. PH: 650.473.7700 FX: 650.473.7701 Email: info@geron.com
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