SYDNEY, April 26- Australian shares rose 0.6 percent on Friday as strong metals prices boosted miners and Wall Street's gains lifted broader sentiment following positive weekly U.S. jobless data as investors continued to buy into high-yielding banks and telcos. Blue chip miners BHP Billiton Ltd.
CHICAGO, April 17- In a move to shore up its lead in Alzheimer's diagnostics, Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday said it will acquire two imaging agents from Siemens designed to light up brain deposits of tau, an Alzheimer's protein linked with cell death. Terms of the deal with the conglomerate's Siemens Medical Solutions USA unit were not disclosed.
*Research sheds light on breast, prostate, ovarian cancer. LONDON, March 27- New research has nearly doubled the number of genetic variations implicated in breast, prostate and ovarian cancer, offering fresh avenues for screening at-risk patients and, potentially, developing better drugs.
Feb 15- A 75- year-old Indiana grain farmer will take on global seed giant Monsanto Co at the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a patent battle that could have ramifications for the biotechnology industry and possibly the future of food production.
*U.S. Supreme Court to consider same issue in April. CANBERRA, Feb 15- An Australian court ruled on Friday that two technology companies could hold a patent on genetic material related to cancer, in a case similar to one before the U.S. Supreme Court that has implications for gene-based medicine worldwide.
*KDDI lifts full-year earnings forecast. *HSBC cuts Japan rating, BNP sees index rising to 13,000.