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Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 21 : A new study suggests that tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the body's lung tissue so that the bacteria are allowed to spread to other people.

The concept, as per the University of Southampton research, proposes that current ideas about how tuberculosis develops in patients may be incomplete and that, in fact, infection causes autoimmunity, where the immune system reacts incorrectly to its own tissue.

Tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease, and the causative bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics used to treat the infection.

Cotton on MCX settled down by -0.66% at 19430 due to expectation of supply pressure good demand from new season crops in coming weeks.

Cardamom on MCX settled up by 0.42% at 1179.4 amid uptick in physical demand for cardamom in the domestic spot market.

Mustard Seed on NCDEX settled down by -0.04% at 4565 on profit booking after gaining earlier as demand is picking up in physical market due to approaching winter.

Maize on NCDEX settled up by 1.27% at 1357 tracking firmness in spot demand and overseas prices as bullish data on ethanol supported the market.

Crude palm Oil on MCX settled down by -0.56% at 535.6 on profit booking after prices gained on supply concerns from top producers.