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How do antibiotics work to target bacteria without causing harm to the surrounding human cells?

Antibiotics work by targeting specific structures or processes in bacteria that are essential for their survival, such as cell wall formation or protein synthesis. These structures or processes are not present in human cells, so the antibiotics are able to selectively kill the bacteria without harming human cells.


What body chemical kills bacteria without harming cells?

White blood cells produce hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria without harming human cells. This process is known as oxidative burst, where the white blood cells create reactive oxygen species to target and destroy invading bacteria.


What is the biggest challenge in developing a new antibiotic?

Killing the bacteria without harming the patient. Their cells are relatively similar so it can be difficult to target bacteria. Antibiotics also often have adverse side effects.


What compound kills bacteria without harming the cells of humans?

Antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracycline are effective in killing bacteria by targeting specific bacterial cell components that are absent in human cells, thus reducing the risk of harm to human cells. However, misuse or overuse of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance in bacteria, diminishing their efficacy over time.


What are bacteria that live in or on plant and animal tissue without harming it called?

Bacteria that live in or on plant and animal tissue without harming it are called commensal bacteria. These bacteria benefit from the environment provided by the host without causing harm or benefiting the host in return.


What is a chemical that can kill bacteria with out harming the human body?

antibiotic


How do chemists use facts to create antibiotics that can destroy a bacterial infection without harming human cells?

Antibiotics attack proteins only found in bacteria. Each one targets a specific area, be it their cell wall, cell membrane, protein synthesis centers, and really any area that differs enough from human cells


How do doctors treat a patient with a bacterial infection?

Most bacterial infections are treatable because most bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics. i.e. Antibiotics kill the bacteria without killing the patient. The other common form of infections, viruses are much harder to "kill" without harming the patient. Antiviral drugs are making progress but they still have a long way to go before they are as effective as antibiotics.


Can bacteria live inside a living organisms while not harming them?

yes they are called vectors


Bacteria that live in or on plant or animal tissue without harming the tissue are known as?

Symbiont


What type of microorganism produces most of the known antibiotics?

#1- A fungus does this to secure a food source and living space for itself and its descendants, rather than letting bacteria use the food source and degrade the living space with bacterial waste. #2- To keep microbes from harming them


Is bacteria in out digestive system helpful?

Many bacteria in the body help eat many other things you might digest and will keep it from harming you.