Question

Viruses and bacteria can infect human cells. Bacteria are living organisms, while viruses are not. How do you think the treatment for viral and bacterial illnesses differ? How do you think they affect healthy body cells? Explain

Answer 1

They start to damage the cells in the body. Viruses can kill cells and disrupt their functioning. Bacterias can do that too + they can multiply super-fast and take over the host tissue, release toxins, etc.

Answer 2

The go-to method for curing a bacterial/viral infection is vaccines. However, a vaccine isn't always the solution, so we have to use other sophisticated techniques.

Answer 3

One way to get rid of bacteria is to get rid of them. Duh. stop their metabolism (metabolism involves the activities that are essential to maintain a living state)
You can study the biological network inside the bacteria to figure out the essential sites/metabolites/proteins for metabolism and then bomb these sites/metabolites with drugz to stop their functioning.
Once you stop their metabolism, you win.

Answer 4

Viruses, on the other hand, aren't as easy to deal with. They're different from bacteria, they aren't alive and don't have a metabolism, so getting rid of them isn't a straightforward task.
You have to find out of the box methods to stop them.
For example, you may try to stop the entry of the virus through the receptors on the surface of the cell somehow. Or come up with a recombinant vaccine.
Vaccines have drawbacks tho, the live form of the virus could keep evolving in the host, potentially making the recipient sick.