Pueblo, Colo., Advocate for the Disabled Studies Ethics of Genetic Research.

From: The Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: March 11, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Steve Henson

Mar. 11--Some day, doctors will be able to treat someone while the person still is in the womb.

Somewhere in the future -- and it may not be far off -- genetic research will light the way for intervention to help a fetus overcome genetic abnormalities or even a predisposition to an illness.

Puebloan Stephanie Garcia, executive director of ARC, an advocate agency for the developmentally disabled, is in Washington, D.C., this weekend at a workshop studying the ethics of genetic research. "Train the Trainers" is sponsored by the National Genetic ...

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