Do viruses die? If so, does that mean viruses are alive?

If so, does that mean scientists created life in the absence of a natural template?

Documentation of the generation of infectious virus in the absence of natural template:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/ab...

http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/main.asp?...

http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1202

http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v1/n1/...

About poliovirus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliovirus

Do viruses die? If so, does that mean viruses are alive?best antivirus software

You looks to me that by doing all this homework that you are in as good a position to answer this question as anyone else.

I still see this question dividing biologist everywhere. As your articles hopefully imply, we may have a solid answer soon.

Do viruses die? If so, does that mean viruses are alive?firewall

Viruses do not die. It is an inaccurate statement. A more accurate statement would be that they are unable to infect cells and proliferate. Viruses do not respond to stimuli which is one of the conditions necessary to meet the definition of "alive". Therefore if it is not alive, it can not die.
Viruses are not alive because they cannot replicate themselves, but must infect other organisms and replicate within them (1).