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New Zealand and Singapore scientists are teaming up to fight heart disease and cancer.
The Health Research Council of New Zealand has partnered with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, based in Singapore, to launch a new research fund worth $3.6 million.
Scientists from the two countries are meeting in Christchurch next week at a symposium to discuss collaborative research on heart disease.
Council chief executive Robin Olds said the venture was a "significant step", which would open doors for leading researchers in New Zealand to work with highly experienced scientists in Singapore.
A*Star's Biomedical Research Council executive director Professor Lee Eng Hin said the partnership marked a milestone in the growing relationship between the two organisations.
-NZPA
