Experts Propose Oversight Strategies for Revolutionary New Technologies to Stop Biological Time

Cover of Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics which includes the biopreservation symposium
December 16, 2024

A groundbreaking collection of 10 articles in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics maps the huge potential and oversight challenges of emerging biopreservation technologies to stop biological time. These technologies to revolutionize organ transplantation, pathogen research, food systems, aquaculture, environmental conservation, and deep-space travel offer enormous benefits while posing significant oversight challenges. Engineers and scientists in the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) are pioneering these emerging technologies while ATP-Bio’s Ethics & Public Policy component offers recommendations for oversight and governance. The symposium of 10 articles was edited by Susan M. Wolf, JD, Professor of Law and Medicine and Chair of the Consortium on Law and ValuesTimothy Pruett, MD, Professor of Surgery & Internal Medicine; and Korkut Uygun, PhD, Director of the Organ Reengineering Lab, Center for Engineering in Medicine & Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital. The Ethics & Public Policy component is based in the Consortium.