PREGNANT WOMEN'S URINE

I have heard that pregnant women's urine can cure more than just the
following diseases. Sai Ram

(BETA) DRUG WATCH: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin - Associated Factor
Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, July, 1998
Liz Highleyman

Recent research has shown that a factor associated with human
chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) may be a potential therapy for Kaposi's
sarcoma (KS), HIV disease, cancer and anemia. The newly discovered
factor -- which has been named human chorionic gonadotropin-
associated factor, or HAF -- was isolated by Robert Gallo and
colleagues at the Institute of Human Virology at the University of
Maryland in Baltimore. A report of their findings appears in the
April 1998 issue of Nature Medicine.

Earlier studies of hCG had produced mixed results, with some showing
that hCG caused KS tumors to shrink and HIV blood levels to decline,
and others showing no effect. The new research indicates that a
factor associated with hCG -- rather than hCG itself -- is
responsible for the beneficial effects.

Human chorionic gonadotropin is a hormone produced by the placenta
supporting the fetus, and is found in the urine of women during early
pregnancy. It helps maintain the correct environment to allow the
fetus to develop. HCG is made up of 2 pieces, or subunits, called
alpha and beta chains.