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In order for the “magic bullet” to effectively target all sorts of microbes, including gram positive/negative, acid fast, viruses, parasites and fungi, it would need to be broad spectrum. By allowing it to be broad spectrum it will target various forms of microbes, not just one type. Target sites would include cell wall, metabolic, cytoplasm membrane and nucleic acid inhibition. Protein synthesis inhibition will not be used, for the risk that it might affect 70s ribosomes within the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells. This medication would be taken orally so a wide number of patients can use. For the cell wall inhibition, the NAM and NAG molecules will not be able to cross link, ultimately leading to the destruction of the cell wall. It will

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