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Re:New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life by simopaa on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @05:51AM (#16528062)
If I recall what I've been taught correctly, the reason why viruses are not considered 'life' is that they have no metabolism of their own.

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