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The Drug Target Map

Every drug in this chapter aims at one part of the cell you just took apart. Pick a drug and follow it in. Watch where it strikes, what stops it on the way, and whether a human cell owns that same target. That last answer is what selective toxicity means.

Gram-positive cellthe drug travels in from the top

The path of the chosen drug into the cell
Reaches target
yes
Human target
none
Result
kills

All nine drugs, these settingsupdates live

Gram-positive cell
The drug target mappick a drug class
Resistance the cell has picked up