This document summarizes the key points of cell theory. It explains that cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things, that all organisms are made of one or more cells, and that cells can only come from the division of existing cells. The document also outlines the early discoveries of cells by scientists like Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Schleiden, and Schwann, and the final development of cell theory by Rudolf Virchow who concluded that cells must arise from preexisting cells.