> "immortal" non-replicating cell Many (if not most) end-of-lineage cell in higher mammals are non-replicating. They are, technically, not immortal, but some

> "immortal" non-replicating cell Many (if not most) end-of-lineage cell in higher mammals are non-replicating. They are, technically, not immortal, but some live a very long time, like neurons. I like your experiment idea though, and I think it would be really interesting. If you publish your results, I can already see critics coming out of the bushes and shouting "immortality is immoral!", "unnatural!!!" and "it's a virus! it's a virus!". Oh how we like our value judgements...