Mystery #1Tier 2microbes antibiotics medicine
How does an antibiotic wipe out the bacteria making you ill without harming you?
You swallow one tiny tablet, and inside you a battle begins. Somehow the medicine hunts down the bacteria making you poorly, yet barely touches your own cells. Your cells and the bacteria are both alive, both packed together. So how does the medicine tell friend from foe?
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What do you think the medicine spots about a bacterium that marks it out as a target?
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