MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the IMerge Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate imetelstat, a first-in-class telomerase inhibitor, in lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). `Patients with lower risk MDS become dependent on serial transfusions which leads to iron overload, heart and kidney complications, decreases in quality of life and shorter overall survival. Reducing transfusion burden and achieving transfusion independence remain significant medical needs for this disease,` said Aleksandra Rizo, M.D., Ph.D., Geron`s Chief Medical Officer. `Dosing of the first patient in the...
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