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For now, the Stanford team’s findings provide the clearest mechanistic account yet of why mRNA COVID-19 vaccines occasionally cause myocarditis — and suggest that the condition, while serious in some cases, may be addressable through targeted interventions that preserve the vaccine’s core benefits while protecting the heart.

The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Gootter-Jensen Foundation.