Christopher Reeve says he's sure scientists will find a way to help people like him walk again.
"We really do live in an age where nothing is impossible," the "Superman" star said from San Juan Capistrano, Calif., during a weekend of fund raising for a spinal injury research center bearing his name. Reeve was left paralyzed from the neck down after a horse-riding accident last year.Also Sunday, the first Christopher Reeve Research Medal was awarded to a Swiss nerve regeneration researcher who has found a way to block molecules that inhibit central nervous system growth.
Martin E. Schwab of the University of Zurich was given $50,000 by Joan Irvine Smith, a philanthropist and riding enthusiast who is the main force behind the planned research center at the University of California, Irvine.
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