>The best you get to shutting off (without permanent cell death) would be the computer equivalent of hibernation. All the proteins and RNA are still there just

>The best you get to shutting off (without permanent cell death) would be the computer equivalent of hibernation. All the proteins and RNA are still there just waiting for the signal to activate again. Fungal spores[0][1] come to mind. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore#Fungi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore#Fungi [1] https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/37268/can-mushroom-spores-survive-the-vacuum-and-radiation-of-space https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/37268/can-mushroom...