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• Antibiotic Resistance
  The ability of bacteria to survive antibiotics, driven by natural selection under selective pressure from antibiotic use.
• Antibodies
  Y-shaped proteins produced by B cells that recognize specific antigens and drive the adaptive immune response.
• Pharmacokinetics
  What the body does to a drug — absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion — and the numbers that govern dosing.