T/B Cells

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Are T-cells only capable of destroying viral/fungal infections, and B-cells only bacterial infections? I wonder if you can just assume this is a definite truth, especially when encountering passages.

Also (along the same lines), do antibiotics NEVER work on viruses?

Thanks! 😀

 

[muhali3]

T cells work for intracellular infections and cancer. They destroy normal cells that have become hijacked in some way.

B-cells work against agents outside of our cells. Not just bacteria, but anything that is foreign to the body.

And yeah, antibiotics never work on viruses afaik, because they mainly target components of the bacterial cell wall/membrane, that viruses don't have.

So just think, T-cells are for infections within our cells. B-cells are for infections outside our cells.