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Sydni2193:

How are antibiotics able to target the bacteria cells but not the healthy cells within your body? Antibiotics target cells based on the morphology. Antibiotics target special protein and lipid receptors on the cell walls of bacteria. Antibiotics target cells with chemical and UV damage. Healthy cells lack the endospores that antibiotics target.

XxAngelGirlxX:

Human cells do not make or need peptidoglycan. Penicillin, one of the first antibiotics to be used widely, prevents the final cross-linking step, or transpeptidation, in assembly of this macromolecule. The result is a very fragile cell wall that bursts, killing the bacterium. (Google)

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