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The opposite of “transparency”: Sneaking Lysenkoism into NIH peer review
By David Gorski
The NIH is exploring a new format for reporting grant-review scores, but the move could obscure political influences in funding decisions. The original piece on Science-Based Medicine argues that this shift would resemble Lysenko-era practices, where ideology trumped evidence, by making bias less visible in peer review. The article warns that transparency protects integrity, and any system designed to mask influence risks undermining trust in science funding.
