WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Actor Christopher Reeve (R), James Thomson, professor of Anatomy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (L) and John Gearhart, Professor of Medicine at the Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University speak at the National Press Club, October 27, 2003 in Washington, DC. Reeve delivered remarks on stem cell research on the 5th anniversary of the discovery of stem cells.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)