Michael S. Lauer

May 25, 2023 | science.org | Chao Sun |Jane C. Stinchcombe |Sophie Bonnet |Michael S. Lauer

In his News Feature “Pall of suspicion” (24 March, p. 1180), J. Mervis describes 5 of the 246 cases in which the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) suspected that scientists were violating grant funding policies. Mervis insinuates that the cases were mishandled and unjustified, but the data he cites show that NIH had well-founded concerns.