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Published online 11 June 2008 | Nature 453, 835 (2008) | doi:10.1038/453835a

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NIH responds to critics on peer review

Agency sets its sights on transformative research.

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Responding to hundreds of critical comments, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reversed several controversial proposals made in February as part of a year-long effort to overhaul the agency's peer-review system (see Nature 451, 1035; 2008.

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