Comparing the development of antibacterial drugs and antiviral drugs, which is more difficult and why? List more than three factors to defend your answer.
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- Bacteria are living, single-celled organisms with their own cellular machinery. - Viruses are non-living entities that require host cells to replicate and do not have their own metabolism. Show more…
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Propose a reason why the development of antiviral drugs is more difficult than developing the antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections.
Which of the following are reasons why developing selectively toxic antiviral drugs is more difficult than developing antibacterial drugs? YES if it is a reason and NO if it is not. 1. Many drugs that prevent the reproduction of a target virus may only work against that one type of virus and treat the one disease it causes, making marketing the drug less profitable. [ Choose ] YES NO 2. Because viruses are not eukaryotic, they resemble human cells so much that there are fewer unique target enzymes for successful antiviral drug development. [ Choose ] YES NO 3. There are fewer target molecules because virus reproduction uses several human cell proteins, including several human enzymes, which can't be targeted. [ Choose ] YES NO
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It is difficult to make antiviral drugs than making anti-bacterial medicines.
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