Potential Therapy of HIV/AIDS and Ebola Outbreak with Pregnancy Hormone, Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Abstract

HIV is a retrovirus that destroys hosts’ immune system. AIDS is a late stage HIV infection. About 35 million people are living worldwide with HIV/AIDS, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Although there is no known cure, advances are constantly being made on how to better prevent and/or treat HIV/AIDS patients. Current anti-viral therapies are quite expensive, have side effects and do not work for everyone. Thus, there is a substantial unmet need for cost effective treatments, particularly in developing countries.