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UC San Diego, which has overseen the study for nearly a quarter of a century, said it still retains the government funding - an assertion backed by the National Institutes of Health.

The judge said she would issue a preliminary injunction early next week that will require USC to surrender custody of the Alzheimer's project.

She told USC not to manipulate data from the study or make any other changes to the database, which involves details of lab research clinical trials from dozens of sites across the country.