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Why ionophore antibiotics do not kill even your human cells but only bacterial ones?
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∙ 9y ago
Only microbes have ionophones, which are channels in their membranes. By blocking them using antibiotics, the cell will die as they can not bring ions in and out of their cells. Human cells don't have these and so are not affected by those antibiotics.
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∙ 9y ago
Ionophore antibiotics are selective in that they disrupt the ion balance within bacterial cells while sparing human cells. Bacterial cells have distinct membrane structures and ion concentrations that make them more susceptible to the effects of ionophores, while human cells have mechanisms to protect against ion imbalances. This selectivity allows ionophore antibiotics to target bacterial cells without harming our own cells.
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Does the human body have more bacterial or human cells?
it has more human cells actually the human body has more bacterial cells. Although it may seem more likely that the human body would have more human cells than bacterial cells. -Vasillisa
3. a) The flowchart below shows the pathway a protein takes from its production to its destination either inside or outside the cell.?
b) Antibiotics destroy a bacterial infection by disabling ribosomes in the bacteria. Eukarotic cells contain mitochondria that themselves contain ribosomes while bacterial cells have no organelles and thus have uncontained ribosomes. How do chemists use this fact to create antibiotics that can destroy a bacterial infection without harming human cells?
How are bacterial cell and human body cell similar?
Bacterial and human cells both have a cell membrane, cytoplasm, and genetic material (DNA). They both carry out essential metabolic processes for survival and reproduction. However, human cells are eukaryotic, meaning they have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, while bacterial cells are prokaryotic and lack these features.
Why do antibiotics destroy bacteria cell but do not harm our body's cells?
Antibiotics target specific structures or functions that are unique to bacteria cells, such as their cell walls or protein synthesis machinery. Our body's cells do not have these same targets, so antibiotics do not harm them. This specificity allows antibiotics to selectively kill bacteria while leaving our body's cells unharmed.
What are the drugs that are used to treat bacterial diseases called?
Most of the drugs that treat bacterial disease are called antibiotics.
Explain why antibiotics are effective at killing bacterial cells but do not seem to have an impact on human cells eukaryotic cells Use at least two examples such as tetracycline erythromycin?
Antibiotics target specific structures or processes unique to bacterial cells that are not present in human eukaryotic cells. For example, tetracycline interferes with bacterial protein synthesis by binding to bacterial ribosomes, while erythromycin inhibits the bacterial ribosome's ability to make proteins. Since human cells do not have the same type of ribosomes or protein synthesis mechanisms, antibiotics like tetracycline and erythromycin do not affect human cells the same way they do bacterial cells.
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.
Why do protein synthesis inhibitor a.k.a antibiotics affect bacteria only but not human cells?
most of the antibiotics kill or inactivate bacteria by inhibitting the protein synthesis... protein synthesis consists of 'transcription' and 'translation'.. the translation process requiers mRNA and ribosomes.Human(eukaryotic) ribosome is different from bacterial(prokaryotic) ribosome... Antibiotics inhibit the protein synthesis by altering the ribosomal constitution.Since human ribosomes are different from bacterial ribosome,the substances which are harmful to bacterial ribosome doesn't harm human ribosomes.. Thus human cells are immune to antibiotics..
What are the compounds that kill bacterial cells without harming the cells of humans?
They are called antibiotics (meaning against life) and generally interfere in only a few specific chemical reactions, those found in bacterial cells but not human cells.
How do chemists use this fact 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
Does the human body have more bacterial or human cells?
it has more human cells actually the human body has more bacterial cells. Although it may seem more likely that the human body would have more human cells than bacterial cells. -Vasillisa
3. a) The flowchart below shows the pathway a protein takes from its production to its destination either inside or outside the cell.?
b) Antibiotics destroy a bacterial infection by disabling ribosomes in the bacteria. Eukarotic cells contain mitochondria that themselves contain ribosomes while bacterial cells have no organelles and thus have uncontained ribosomes. How do chemists use this fact to create antibiotics that can destroy a bacterial infection without harming human cells?
Antibiotics rely upon differences in the structure of human and bacterial?
ribosomes
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
Why does penicillin not affect human cells?
Penicillin specifically targets the cell walls of bacteria by interfering with their synthesis. Human cells do not have cell walls, which is why penicillin does not affect them. This specificity allows penicillin to selectively target and kill bacterial cells while leaving human cells unharmed.
How do chemists used scientific processes to develops a solution to human bacterial infections?
With Antibiotics
Why do antibiotics kill bacteria and not human cells?
Because bacterial cells and human cells aren't the same. Penicillin works by interfering with how bacterial cell walls are built, and human cells don't have bacterial cell walls. (Turns out all bacterial cells aren't the same, either, but penicillin works against a lot of them.) One of the challenges in medicine is finding antibiotics that work against bacteria's biology, but that don't interfere with human biology. This is called selectivity. It's a really important principle of medications against all infections (you want the drug to selectively kill the infecting organism instead of your own cells) and against cancer, too (you want the drug to selectively kill the cancer cells instead of the healthy ones).
