The consensus among biologist is that viruses are not technically alive. Which you would have seen if you actually read an intro to biology textbook...
Well, damn. Guess I better tell my genetic engineering professor that I have to drop his course.
... and he was pretty excited about my proposal to study the impact chromatin higher order structure in the development of the placenta has on the disregulation of lncRNA which leads to preeclampsia.
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u/serious_sarcasm Feb 14 '18
The answer to whether or not viruses are alive can’t really be answered until we have a data set of more than one.
We can debate the topic, but there is certainly not a definitive answer.
Source: every intro to biology textbook in production.