Washington, Apr 18 : A new nasal delivery technology with fluticasone, developed by OptiNose, has been found effective in treating chronic rhinosinusitis in a Phase II trial.

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common disease that severely reduces a patient's quality of life, and has few effective treatments currently available.

Washington, Apr 18 : A possible way to stop the often-rapid spread of deadly brain tumors has been found by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

A gene with the playful-sounding name NHERF-1 may be a serious target for drugs that could prevent malignant tumors from rapidly multiplying and invading other parts of the brain, according to a cover story in this month''s edition of Neoplasia, an international journal of cancer research.

Washington, April 18 : New evidence has emerged that suggests an earlier land-water transition of a four-limbed animal with backbones, which was known to have moved from fish to landlubber.

A Duke graduate student, in his research work, came across the evidence from CT scans of fossils of Ichthyostega and Acanthostega, locked inside rocks.

Both extinct species, known as Ichthyostega and Acanthostega, lived an estimated 360-370 million years ago in what is now Greenland.

Washington, Apr 18 : Hollywood actor Zac Efron is not one of those conventional budding Hollywood celebs, who go painting the town red with his wild partying, for the heartthrob instead prefers dancing and partying with his beloved grandmother.

Zac has revealed that though he has been to clubs, he doesn’t quite like it, as he finds the company of his close pals and family better.

"I''m not really into partying. Don''t get me wrong - I''ve gone to a club. But I''d much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

Washington, April 18 : Tracked how the cancer process began in 33 men with prostate cancer who died of the disease, Johns Hopkins researchers are now pointing to a set of genetic defects in a single cell that are different for each person's cancer.

Washington, Apr 18 : Beyonce is ready to take America by a storm, as she has announced the American leg of her ‘I am Sasha Fierce’ world tour on her own website.