SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                              Washington, DC 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                FEBRUARY 27, 2004
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)




                                GERON CORPORATION


             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Delaware                      0-20859                     75-2287752
(State or Other           (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction                                                  Identification
of Incorporation)                                              Number)

230 Constitution Drive                                           94025
Menlo Park, California                                         (Zip Code)
(Address of principal
executive offices)


                                 (650) 473-7700
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)






Item 7. Exhibits

   (c)   Exhibits

         99.1   Press Release dated February 27, 2004.


Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure


     Pursuant to Securities  and Exchange  Commission  Release Nos.  33-8216 and
34-47583,  Geron Corporation is furnishing this information under Items 9 and 12
of Form 8-K.

     The  information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended,  or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.  The
information in this Current Report shall not be  incorporated  by reference into
any registration  statement or other document  pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.

     On  February  27,  2004,  Geron  Corporation  issued  an  earnings  release
announcing its financial  results for the three and twelve months ended December
31, 2003. A copy of the earnings release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.










                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   GERON CORPORATION


Date:    February 27, 2004         By:      /s/ William D. Stempel_
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   Name: William D. Stempel
                                   Title:   Vice President and General Counsel








                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




     Exhibit
       99.1          Press Release dated February 27, 2004.