# How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing

**Published:** July 29, 2026
**Author:** Emma Foehringer Merchant | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
**Source:** MIT News — AI
**Language:** en-US
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Before the advancement of scientific data storage and collaboration via the cloud, medical investigators seeking health research breakthroughs had to overcome significant obstacles to collaboration and key clinical data gathering. Data were siloed and difficult to distribute, so…

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