Machane, you know...fungal cells are just like us eukaryotes, with proper nuclei and organelles, so drugs that target them often risk hitting our own cells too. That's why we have these different classes—azoles block their membrane building, echinocandins wreck their cell walls, and amphotericin B, the old soldier, punches holes in them. But here in the lab, watching resistant Candida strains grow on the plate despite the azole, the real fight feels different. It’s in that quiet *kayyoppu* of checking culture after culture, where the fungus adapts faster than our chemistry, a silent race in a petri dish under the Bengaluru afternoon sun.
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