<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;width:600px"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif">In a development that could radically transform the outlook for people with failing organs, a 57-year-old man with a life-threatening heart ailment has received <a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/bmmQlXAWtLZbZLZblJKS2w~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRjv0LBP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8xMC9oZWFsdGgvaGVhcnQtdHJhbnNwbGFudC1waWctYmVubmV0dC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjIwMTEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTQ5OTM4Jm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmcmVnaV9pZD02NDE1OTc3NiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTc5Mjk3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD01ZTcxMTM5Yjc5YWIxNDMzZDA3NzEwZDhmODgzNTZjOFcDbnl0Qgph1cG93GH9UjfnUhNmb296bGVyODNAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA" class="gmail-m_-7622961146070570947css-5nb5nb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(40,110,208);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit">a new heart from a genetically modified pig</a>, the first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;width:600px"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif">The Maryland man would have died had he not received a new heart, and he was too sick to receive a heart from a human donor. His long-term prognosis remains to be seen, but the first 48 hours, which are critical, passed without incident.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;width:600px"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:25px;font-family:georgia,serif">“I wasn’t sure he was understanding me,” said the man’s doctor, describing the moment he proposed the procedure. “Then he said, ‘Well, will I oink?’”</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>