Antibiotics and painkillers antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria inside the body.
Specific bacteria are treated with specific antibodies
When successful, antibodies can cure individuals from the disease
Antibiotics have greatly reduced deaths from infectious bacterial diseases
Antibiotics do not kill viral pathogens
Some bacteria have become resistant to specific antibiotics, so they are no longer killed by them. This is concerning as we can no longer treat the disease,
it's difficult to develop drugs that kill viruses but do not damage human cells. This is because viruses live inside the cells
PAINKILLERS can treat the symptoms of a disease, but do not kill pathogens
New drugs are needed to treat different diseases
. Traditionally, drugs were extracted from plants and microorganisms, e.g
Digitalis is a drug used to treat heart conditions. It is extracted from the foxglove plants
Aspirin is an aspirin killer. It's extracted from willow trees
Penicillin is an antibiotic. It was discovered by Alexander Fleming from mold microorganisms, Penicillium