Monthly Archives: August 2026

Trust Is Not a Communication Strategy: Why Transparency is an Ethical Obligation

Transparency is often treated as a tool for building public trust. Bryn Williams-Jones argues that it is first an ethical obligation to the public.

The M Case: Death Caused by Base Editing

Renzong Qiu tells the story of the death of a six-year-old girl, a research participant in a base-editing gene therapy trial in China, and argues that research participants’ interests should never be overridden by scientific or social interests.

Considerations of “Sharenting” a Child’s Cancer Story Online

Rachel Howard introduces the practice of “sharenting” and considers the ethical considerations of this practice within the pediatric oncology context, and the potential role of pediatric oncologists.