This document discusses genetic disorders, their transmission, detection, and treatment. It covers the following key points: 1. Genetic disorders can be caused by chromosomal abnormalities, unifactoral diseases from single defective genes, or multifactorial disorders caused by multiple genes and environment. 2. Detection of genetic disorders has been enabled by techniques like PCR, DNA probes, amniocentesis, and chorionic villus sampling which allow analysis of genes and chromosomes. 3. Gene therapy aims to replace defective genes with normal genes and has been used to successfully treat diseases like severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) through ex vivo gene therapy of bone marrow cells.