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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Explain how antibiotics are able to target the bacteria cells but not the healthy cells within your body.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

antibiotics target enzymes /components that are unique to cells of bacteriaviruses and dissimilar to human body.... eg penicillins target bacterial cell wall .cell walls are absent in human body cells....so selective toxicity to bacteria

thomaster (thomaster):

I explained the cell wall part (penicillins) in this post which is about the same question: http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/51940477e4b0e9fd532a3f42 Might be usefull for you :)

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