The editorial "NIH Peer Review Reform-—Change We Need, or Lipstick on a Pig?" (1) could not have better exposed the problems of grant peer review and, more importantly, the irreparable harm to innovation and wasting away of potentially good research from scientists who have or will simply give up. The frustration from rejection of work that many well-trained and experienced scientists have had to endure throughout their careers is painful. There is undoubtedly a snowball effect on the stifling of scientific growth and development when men-torship of young bright minds is diminished.Your editorial has been circulating among many of my colleagues, who applaud your initiative
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