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Editors Video: Facts - What are Cancer Stem Cells? 3/8/2009 9:20:00 PM

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Video about cancer stem cells by Dr. Mike Magee of Health Politics.

Stem cells have these properties, they can: self-renew, multiply, and proliferate extensively. We normally think about stem cells as being good and having healing properties.

But if those properties are subverted by the body, they may become "evil" stem cells and may cause cancer. (There is some dispute at this...

Editors Olympic Swimmer, Cancer Survivor, Stem Cell Transplant, Wins Top Swimming Award 11/25/2008 1:01:00 PM

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Maarten van der Weijden of The Netherlands, announced as winner of the 2008 the Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year from Swimming World.

He was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia at the age of 20. "I was diagnosed in March 2001 and didn't think I would ever swim again". He fought back after a stem cell transplant and chemotherapy, and this year, won Gold in the 2008 Olympics.

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