Research based at The University of Auckland's Liggins Institute has won funding from a joint New Zealand - Singapore research initiative into metabolic disease.

More than NZ$1.3 million has been awarded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR, Singapore) to support research into metabolic disease through a joint research initiative.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - Research on Auckland teenagers has shown that girls with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop heart problems than healthy children or even girls with the type 1 juvenile form of the disease.