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Is virus living or non living?

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Viruses are not considered "alive" because they lack many of the properties that scientists associate with living organisms. Primarily, they lack the ability to reproduce without the aid of a host cell, and don't use the typical cell- division approach to replication.They don't contain cell organelles as in actual cell.
Viruses are neither living nor non-living.

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