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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:08 PM Original message |
Why can't antibiotics kill a virus? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. because |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I know that. But what are the particulars? |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Read this... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Antibiotics kill by attacking |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. very good |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. It's posts like this that make me realize . . |
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DenaliDemocrat (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Viruses |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because they're not antivirals. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Love the pictures! |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Thanks! n/t |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Viruses aren't alive. |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I did not know that. Can a virus cause cancer? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Theoretically, yes. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Most viruses are DNA viruses |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. HIV is awful |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Nothing simple about that, now is there |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Virology's a bugger, no? |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. another important point... |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Thanks for that overview. Goodluck on your exams. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) causes uterine cancer |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. and cervival cancer NT |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Yes, some do, by altering the host cell's DNA. |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Hepatitis B can cause Liver Cancer |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bacteria are living creatures and viruses are not. |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. but they can be taken apart or digested |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Antibiotics disrupt cell function |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. A virus is really just a piece of genetic code, stuck in a protein |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. How does a virus attack human cells? |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Receptors on the virus bind to receptors on the human cells, and |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. very good |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Viruses are almost like little gene robots |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. These are difficult concepts to wade thru |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Your fearmongering and mine, I guess |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because antibiotics work on bacteria, not virus. |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. The scientists here might not totally agree with this |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I can ponder that over coffee |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ugggh, im taking genetics right now... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Same reason mosquito repellant won't repel giraffe's |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I dunno... |
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