New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) A team of US researchers on Wednesday said they have found a rare mutation that leaves its carriers much more likely to become ill with tuberculosis (TB) — but, curiously, not with other infectious diseases. The research from The Rockefeller University in the US, published in the journal Nature, may upend long held assumptions about the immune system. It has long been known that an acquired deficiency of a pro-inflammatory cytokine called TNF is linked to an increased risk of developing TB. The current study, led by Rockefeller’s Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis and Jean-Laurent Casanova, revealed a genetic cause of TNF deficiency, as well as the underlying mechanism — a lac
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