A person is declared to be dead upon the irreversible casing of spontaneous body functions: brain activity,or blood circulation and respiration. However only about 1% of a person cells have to die for all of these things to happen. How can someone be dad when 99% of his or her cells are still alive?

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A person is declared to be dead upon the irreversible casing of spontaneous body functions: brain activity,or blood circulation and respiration. However only about 1% of a person cells have to die for all of these things to happen. How can someone be dad when 99% of his or her cells are still alive?

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