MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 Certain antibiotics kill bacteria by inhibiting translation, directly affecting the ribosomes. These antibiotics are not also damaging to human cells because:
    		 

    A

    		 human ribosomes are protected from antibiotics by being in the nucleus.

    B

    		 human cells have enzymes that can degrade the antibiotics.

    C

    		 the antibiotics are only capable of entering the bacterial cells.

    D

    		 bacterial ribosomes are structurally different from human ribosomes.



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