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Tumors, organoids and cell lines that can indefinitely divide in a petri dish, like HeLa cells, are not considered part of the third state because they do not develop new functions.

We’re born, we live, and we die but new studies exploring the phenomenon of dead cells taking on new functions after death, also known as the “third state,” is complicating that picture.

Cells can enter a third state only under certain conditions, however, and researchers are still not sure how they can continue to function after the death of the organism.

Some experts think “xenobot” cells that reorganize themselves after death signify a form of consciousness—while others vehemently disagree.