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Plasma membrane is selectively permeable, then how does it allows the foreign bodies or pathogens to get entered into the cell ??

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Selectively permeable is w.r.t. the solute and solvent of the solution or the gases. Not about pathogens. Pathogens follow different mechanism to enter into the cell.

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