Mutations in the EMD gene can lead to either the loss or dysfunction of Emerin, with particularly notable implications for the development of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), a disorder marked by defects in cardiac and skeletal muscle function (Bengtsson and Wilson, 2004; Morris and Manilal, 1999). Here, EMD is linked to Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.