If someone cut a chunk out of my arm, the cells can't survive as skin and pores.
And, he added, the fetal cells survived in most patients' brains.
Experimental research has already shown this to work in model systems, but it is not yet known if these cells could survive transplantation.
But, he said, "the reason the cells survive may be because they are infected with viruses that don't kill well."
The cells can survive freezing under certain conditions, with viability decreasing over time.
One obstacle is that very few fetal cells survive, even in animals.
In any case, the smaller cell survived inside the larger cell.
In the latter, this means that cells survive if they have one to four neighbours.
However, the number of generations only gives a maximum figure as not all cells survive in each generation.
The death of cells is possible but some cells survive!