On Apr. 15. 2021, a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Medical School announced they had found mutations in a novel gene that may help identify patients with a specific form of muscular dystrophy.

The team found a novel gene associated with muscular dystrophy and described a group of 13 families from around the world affected by muscular dystrophy who harbor disease-causing mutations in a gene named JAG2.

The group found a distinct pattern of abnormalities on muscle MRI that may help identify other patients with this specific form of muscular dystrophy in the future.