Biology, asked by ishpreet24, 7 months ago

Why does antibiotics doesn't work against viruses? ​

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Answered by mohamadrafi50
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Antibiotics cannot destroy viruses because they specifically target the machinery found in bacteria. Since viruses do not contain any of this machinery, the antibiotic does not have a target to attack. Anti-viral medications and vaccines are can disrupt the reproductive cycle of the virus.

Answered by mahajanlucky482
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Answer:

here is your answer friend......

Explanation:

Viruses are different to bacteria; they have a different structure and a different way of surviving. Viruses don’t have cell walls that can be attacked by antibiotics; instead they are surrounded by a protective protein coat.

Unlike bacteria, which attack your body’s cells from the outside, viruses actually move into, live in and make copies of themselves in your body’s cells. Viruses can't reproduce on their own, like bacteria do, instead they attach themselves to healthy cells and reprogram those cells to make new viruses.  It is because of all of these differences that antibiotics don’t work on viruses.

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