FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, today reported that, effective March 17, 2026, it granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 956,250 shares of common stock to six newly hired employees as an inducement material to such employees' acceptance of employment with Geron.