“EctoLife is producing 30,000 lab-grown artificial babies every year”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Jan 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The viral visuals are just a depiction of the concept of incubation of babies through artificial wombs by a Berlin based science communicator and biotechnologist, Hashem Al Ghaili. He confirmed that the technology currently does not exist
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 January 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 March 2023, 65 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cm6YBa4jKCH/
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