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New findings on TB could change how we treat inflammatory disorders

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New findings on TB could change how we treat inflammatory disorders.

Study explains why treatments for many autoimmune and inflammatory diseases raise the risk of contracting TB .

Findings upends long-held assumptions about what kicks off an immune response.

Carriers of a rare genetic mutation become vulnerable to not just TB but to a variety of infectious diseases.

The discovery solves a long-standing mystery about why TNF inhibitors raise the chances of contracting TB .

Without TNF, a key part of the defense against it is defunct.

The findings may lead to a radical reassessment of TNF 's role in immune function -- and new treatment possibilities.

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