Eli5: Why can broken bodies (aka corpses) not be ‘fixed’ like machines?

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If a machine breaks, you can fix it, even if it means replacing a part, and you can do this AFTER it’s stopped working. You can replace a part in a body to, like an organ, but only BEFORE the body stops working. Why is this? What do we lose when we die that cannot be replenished (except in the seconds/minutes after death in certain circumstances)?

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Our current medical technology is not enough to revive a dead body. Especially cellular death.

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