Cells are made up of molecules. Why then do we say that the structural unit of a living thing is a cell, and not a molecule?

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Living organisms show specific characteristics such as growth, response to stimulus and other life functions. The cell is the basic unit which shows all the life functions. However, molecules do not show the basic life functions. Molecules are the ingredients of life, but they are not alive, cells.
As a result, the cell is the unit of a living being.

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