Medicare approves genetic test for solid tumors

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GatewaySeq, a genetic test that identifies cancer mutations in solid tumors and that was developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been approved for reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

New insight into orchid origins

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Research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that orchids probably originated in Eurasia. Biologist Susanne Renner in Arts & Sciences is a senior author of the study in New Phytologist.

Tafelmusik and ‘Passions Revealed’

Tafelmusik, “one of the world’s top Baroque orchestras” (Gramophone magazine), and “perpetually fabulous” (Boston Globe) violinist Aisslinn Nosky, will present “Passions Revealed,” a program exploring Baroque music’s potential to stir the soul, March 3 as part of the Great Artists Series at Washington University in St. Louis.

Water quality monitor, locust-inspired electronic nose under development

engineering faculty on NSF research projects
Two teams of engineers led by faculty in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University will work toward developing products to monitor drinking water quality and to detect explosives with an electronic nose with one-year $650,000 Convergence Accelerator Phase 1 grants from the National Science Foundation.

Embracing the Bard

The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” in Edison Theatre Feb. 23 to March 3.