Why is it not advisable to take antibacterial medicines when you have a cold or the flu?

What will be an ideal response?


The common cold and influenza are caused by viruses. Antibacterial medicines are naturally designed to inhibit or kill bacteria, so they are ineffective when used against viruses.

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Our sense "fullness" after a big meal is due to

A. mechanoreceptors. B. thermoreceptors. C. stretch receptors. D. electromagnetic receptors. E. chemoreceptors.

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Which description best fits the current study of phylogeny?

a. indisputably correct descriptions of the evolutionary relationships between organisms based on complete knowledge of plant and animal genomes b. hypotheses about the evolutionary relationships between organisms based exclusively on morphological and fossil record data c. hypotheses about the evolutionary relationships between organisms based on a combination of molecular, morphological, and fossil record data d. a complete reorganization of past phylogenies based on molecular data that has invalidated and superseded all phylogenetic trees based on morphology

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The process in which cells make proteins is called protein expression

a. true b. false

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Antibodies are soluble proteins produced by T cells

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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