1968   
First HLA matched sibling donor BMT in the world

1992   
First unrelated donor transplant at the University of Minnesota

1994   
First unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant

1994   
UCB transplant program established at University of Minnesota

2000   
Midwest's first public umbilical cord blood bank established

2000   
World's first umbilical cord blood transplant performed using pre-implantation genetic testing to ensure a perfect tissue match

2000   
First double-cord blood transplant

2003   
Successful and routine engraftment of cord blood grafts for adults using 2, closely matched cord blood units

2004   
Initial publication of experience with alternative donor, reduced intensity cord blood grafts for adult recipients who are too advanced in age or whose condition does not allow conventional allogeneic transplantation