57 research-tied claims examined: 3 overstated 3 context 42 supported 5 corroborated online 4 unverified
"And some of the corner cutting was to not worry too much about the repetitive sequences, which in the case of the fruit fly was about half the genome" (said at 0:05:20)
No published record matching the claim that repetitive sequences make up approximately half of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) genome was located; this does not prove the claim false.
"And at one point they were going to just do the coding regions, which was 1%." (said at 0:05:31)
No published record matching the claim that protein-coding regions constitute roughly 1% of the human genome was located; this does not prove the claim false.
"we showed restoration of a dementing disease in rodents by putting human organoids, brain organoids that contain—that remyelinate and are protected against the demyelinating mechanism" (said at 1:08:37)
No published record matching the claim that transplantation of engineered human brain organoids that resist demyelination restored function in a rodent model of a dementing disease was located; this does not prove the claim false.
"a 2016 rider says we can't even allow allow the FDA to accept these nominations for for clinical trials." (said at 1:17:03)
No published record matching the claim regarding a 2016 congressional appropriations rider preventing the FDA from accepting clinical trial applications for heritable germline modification was located; this does not prove the claim false.