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to consider something alive (at least what i was taught) the organism has to replicate in the order DNA to RNA to Protein, cells are the smallest units that have this ability.

virus have a different cycle typiclly going: modified RNA to DNA to RNA to Protein which is why they arent considered (yet) to being alive

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Q: Why did Scheiden and Schwann conclude that cells are the basic units of life?
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