{
  "id": 1440414,
  "title": "The opposite of “transparency”: Sneaking Lysenkoism into NIH peer review",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/the-opposite-of-transparency-sneaking-lysenkoism-into-nih-peer-review",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science-Based Medicine",
    "slug": "science-based-medicine",
    "url": "https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-opposite-of-transparency-sneaking-lysenkoism-into-nih-peer-review/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On Friday, the NIH released an RFI (request for Information) on a proposed new format for reporting the scores of grant applications determined by study sections. If implemented, this new system will make it easier to hide political manipulation of grant funding. The post The opposite of “transparency”: Sneaking Lysenkoism into NIH peer review first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}