First Successful Newborn Organ Transplant Recipient turns 20

"1987: Paul Holc, just three hours old, becomes the youngest-ever recipient of an organ transplant after surgeons at Loma Linda University Medical Center give him a new heart.

Holc was born with a severely underdeveloped left chamber, a congenital condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Without treatment, it is always fatal. And prior to young Holc, there had been no successful heart transplant performed on a newborn. In fact, there had never been a successful pediatric organ transplant of any kind..."

Read the full article by Tony Long, at Wired