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 ## CytoMDS 1.3
 
 ### CytoMDS 1.3.1
-(no devel yet)
+- corrected bug with nPoints() method of `MDS` class, due to slightly modified 
+behaviour of `dist` S3 class in R4.5.
 
 ## CytoMDS 1.1