Answer
This is due to the fact that human cells do not have cell walls. If the drugs were made to target cell membranes, they would also damage human cells.
Work Step by Step
As above
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
by Bauman, Robert W,, PhD
Published by
Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10:
032191855X
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-855-0
Chapter 3 - Cell Structure and Function - Tell Me Why - Question - Page 78: 1
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