Question
Why antibiotics effective against bacteria but not against viruses?
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Answer
Antibiotics are effective against bacteria but not against viruses. Antibiotics block specific pathways found in bacteria. Viruses do not have their own metabolic pathways, therefore, in order to reproduce us to use the metabolic pathways of the cells they infect.
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