Leading ethics experts and researchers have co-authored a breakthrough paper calling for new governance and legal rules to guide application of emerging technology to preserve organs for transplant. Authors of a recently released publication in the American Journal of Transplantation, “Governing new technologies that stop biological time: Preparing for prolonged biopreservation of human organs in transplantation,” report that prolonged biopreservation and storage of organs has the potential to save lives but requires new FDA oversight, guidelines on what organs to transplant immediately vs. store for future use, and progress to ensure equitable distribution of donated organs. This paper is part of the Ethics & Public Policy component of the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio). ERC research is already extending the viability of organs in animal models. Lead authors are University of Minnesota professors Timothy Pruett, MD, and Consortium Chair Susan M. Wolf, JD. (Photo by Rebecca Slater)