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Non-resistant
Resistant group Non-resistant bacteria group

The antibiotic
halts Dead cells

When antibiotic therapy comes to an end, resistant bacteria once
again exhibit resistance. If bacteria without resistance to the antibiotic
are nearby they take in the resistant bacterium and weaken it.

decelerate protein production by impairing the ribosome system,
even causing the wrong proteins to be manufactured. Another anti-

biotic prevents the production of nucleic acids, which are again nec-
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essary for protein formation. The bacterium again dies from lack
of proteins when nucleic acid is not manufactured.
Antibiotics can protect us against harmful bacteria, but only if
the structure of the bacterium under normal conditions is known,

and an appropriate antibiotic can be manufactured. This is by no
means as easy as you might think. Bacteria employ various tactics
and ways of defending themselves against antibiotics. These micro-
organisms, only a few microns in size, react in a seemingly intelli-
gent manner and can display resistance to antibiotics, produced by
countless human beings using the most advanced technology un-
der laboratory conditions, by altering their own genes within a mat- HARUN YAHYA

ter of seconds.

The picture shows how as some bacte- (ADNAN OKTAR)
ria are eliminated by antibiotics others
acquire resistance and continue to mul-
A rather resistant
bacterial group tiply.
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