Washington, Mar 24 : Hollywood actress Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, has revealed that it was her sense of humour that helped her cope with the disease.

Applegate tells that "the only way to cope" with the disease was laughing throughout the painful treatment.

The 37-year-old is cancer-free since having a double mastectomy - after doctors diagnosed her with an early form of illness in 2008.

Washington, Mar 24 : Patrick Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, paid tribute to late actress Natasha Richardson by stating "the world will be a different place" without her.

Patrick acted with the late Natasha in the flick `Waking Up in Reno'.

The actor feels devastated that the talented actress died after a skiing accident.

Washington, Mar 24 : Rapper 50 Cent has been ousted from the cast of Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone's forthcoming flick `The Expendables', it has emerged.

Although Stallone defended the musician few days back, the Candy Shop hitmaker has reportedly been dropped from the flick, reports Contactmusic.

Stallone had earlier guaranteed his fans that he would guide 50 Cent throughout the making of the flick.

Washington, Mar 24 : In a major advance towards successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF), scientists have developed a new method to assess the quality of women's eggs and determine which are more likely to result in pregnancies.

Barry Behr, PhD, HCLD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine and director of Stanford''s IVF laboratory, described a way to "profile" the eggs to know their chances of success.

Washington, Mar 24 : A structural difference in the brain - a thinning of the right hemisphere - is linked to a higher risk for depression, according to American researchers.

Myrna Weissman, Ph. D., professor of epidemiology in psychiatry, led the research at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Washington, Mar 24 : Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and world-leading gene-synthesis company DNA2.0 have created new enzymes for cheaper biofuel production.

Biofuels are made by converting renewable materials--for example, corn kernels, wood chips left over from pulp and paper production, prairie grasses, and even garbage--into fuels and chemicals.