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'''Immortality''' is a concept that a biological organism that never dies. Christ is considered to be a (God incarnate) person who is immortal.
'''Immortality''' is a concept that a biological organism that never dies. Christ is considered to be a (God incarnate) person who is immortal.
Some "immortalised cell lines", such as HeLa (for the person they came from, Henrietta Lacks, and her cervical cancer) are human cells that keep reproducing in the petri dish. Such are important in medical research.
A myth throughout the ages that there is a Fountain of Youth whose restorative waters could provide a means to immortality.
Some "immortalized cell lines", such as HeLa (for the person they came from, Henrietta Lacks, and her cervical cancer) are human cells that keep reproducing in the petri dish. Such cells are important in medical research.<ref>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/</ref>
==Cultural immortality==
==Cultural immortality==
One could argue that a quality biography or a remarkable obituary (such as those listed in the New York Times) help to provide a sort of immortality while most other have to settle for a grave marker and the memory of their descendant or students for as long as that lasts.
One could argue that a quality biography or a remarkable obituary (such as those listed in the New York Times) help to provide a sort of immortality while most other have to settle for a grave marker and the memory of their descendant or students for as long as that lasts.
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[[Category:Biology]]
[[Category:Biology]]