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Prions are not considered living things because they lack the essential characteristics of life, such as the ability to replicate on their own or carry out metabolic processes. They are simply misfolded proteins that can cause disease by inducing other proteins to misfold in a similar manner.
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Why are host cells not consider living things?
They are considered living.
Do flamingos have cells?
Yes, all animals and plants that exist have cells. The only living things that do not have cells are viruses and perhaps prions.
Why is lettuce considered living?
Lettuce is a plant, and plants are living things.
Can prions move?
Prions are not living organisms and do not have the ability to move on their own. They are misfolded proteins that can cause other proteins to misfold in a similar way, leading to disease. Prions spread by coming into contact with normal proteins in the brain and causing them to change shape.
What falls between the gray area in living and nonliving things?
The gray area between living and nonliving things includes entities such as viruses and prions. While viruses can replicate and evolve, they lack cellular structure and cannot carry out metabolic processes independently, placing them outside the traditional definition of living organisms. Prions, on the other hand, are misfolded proteins that can induce misfolding in other proteins, leading to disease, but they also do not exhibit characteristics of life. These entities challenge our understanding of what constitutes life.
What the meaning of organs?
An organism is any living thing (i.e. it fits all the criteria required for something to be considered "living"). Examples include bacteria, plants, fungi, protists, and animals. Be careful though, because viruses and certain other infectious agents, like prions and viroids, are not officially considered living things by all scientists.
What is a nonliving thing that reproduces?
It is somewhat doubtful whether viruses and prions can be considered living things. They have some characteristics of living things, but lack others.A fire can reproduce. Several types of computer programs, and especially malicious programs, can reproduce. I believe some of the figures in Conway's Game of Life can reproduce.
Why are cells considered to be the basic units of life?
Basically all living organism must have at least one cell to survive and to carry out its function.Organism like virus, viriods or prions are not considered as living organism as they can't carry out its function outside the host cell.
What causes a disease but are not considered to be living organisms?
Viruses are not considered living organisms but can cause disease. Prions that cause Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow disease, aka vCJD- variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease when in humans) are not living organisms as they are just misfolded protein particles.
Do all living things require all charcteristics of life to be considered living?
Yes they do if not fire along with many other things would be considered living.
Why are host cells not consider living things?
They are considered living.
Do flamingos have cells?
Yes, all animals and plants that exist have cells. The only living things that do not have cells are viruses and perhaps prions.
Are bacteria and viruses living things?
Virioids and Viruses are 'psuedo-living' entities, and cannot truly be called 'living creatures'. To be classified as 'alive', an organism needs to meet several criteria, like the ability to respond to stimuli, grow, develop, reproduce, etc. The only one of these characteristic viruses, viroids and prions share with living creatures, is the ability to repoduce. They are self-replicating pieces of DNA or RNA, sometimes covered with a coat of proteins, and do not show any other characteristics of being a living creature.
Why is lettuce considered living?
Lettuce is a plant, and plants are living things.
Can prions move?
Prions are not living organisms and do not have the ability to move on their own. They are misfolded proteins that can cause other proteins to misfold in a similar way, leading to disease. Prions spread by coming into contact with normal proteins in the brain and causing them to change shape.
What falls between the gray area in living and nonliving things?
The gray area between living and nonliving things includes entities such as viruses and prions. While viruses can replicate and evolve, they lack cellular structure and cannot carry out metabolic processes independently, placing them outside the traditional definition of living organisms. Prions, on the other hand, are misfolded proteins that can induce misfolding in other proteins, leading to disease, but they also do not exhibit characteristics of life. These entities challenge our understanding of what constitutes life.
Paritcle of nucleic acid and protien that can reproduce only by infecting living cells?
prions
