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Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury, a common complication in people with type 1 diabetes. By administering an antihypertensive medication, Mauer and colleagues were able to slow progression of diabetic eye damage in more than 65 percent of participants involved in the study.