Daily Current Affairs – 01-05-2024

General/Other

DETECTION OF ANTICANCER DRUG-Ph- Cys -Au

A new highly fluorescent material with exceptional optical properties has been developed using phosphorene, cystine and gold (Ph- Cys -Au). It can be used as a visual sensing platform for detecting anti-cancer drug MTX overdosage of which has toxic side effects on lungs, stomach, and heart. Methotrexate (MTX) is a widely used anti-cancer drug.

Health

WHO Certification on HIV

Three tiny Caribbean countries- Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent, and Grenadines receive WHO certification for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. WHO awards this certification to countries which have brought the mother-to- child HIV transmission rate to under five percent. India had 2.5 million people living with HIV in 2022, including 70,000 children. In the normal course, the transmission rate of the virus from mother to child during breast-feeding is 24.3 percent.