• Question: Why are viruses not considered to be living things?

    Asked by charlie13 to David, Luna, Probash on 25 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      David Pyle answered on 25 Mar 2011:

      Viruses don’t metabolise or show any signs of biological activity until they have infected a host cell. So it’s partly a matter of how you define life!

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