Scientists to map Ozzy Osbourne's genes to find out how he's still alive after drug abuse

[tsar]

Oh my god this is just awesome.

[Gregah]

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[release]Scientists are to map Ozzy Osbourne's genetic code in a bid to find out how he is still alive after decades of drug and alcohol abuse.

The former Black Sabbath frontman is only one of a few people in the world to have his full genome analysed.

It is hoped the results from the £27,000 test, which takes three months, will provide information on how drugs are absorbed in the body.

Ozzy, 61, has lived a life that would presumably kill any ordinary person.

Even the singer himself cannot understand how he has survived this long, recently describing himself as a "medical miracle" after going on a "bender" for "40 years".

He has admitted drinking four bottles of cognac a day at one point, "blacking out, coming to again and carrying on".

Ozzy famously bit the head off a bat while performing with Black Sabbath and in 2003 broke his neck in a quad bike accident.

He also has a genetic disorder similar to Parkinson's disease and on at least one occasion has been committed to a mental institution.

Despite all his excesses, he is still with wife Sharon, who he once tried to strangle, and the couple have three grown-up children.

Now he may get some answers from US company Knome, which will use a blood sample to map his genome.

Nathan Pearson, director of research at the firm, said: "Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical histories provides the greatest potential scientific value."

The results will hopefully help scientists understand why the bodies of hard-living rockers such as Ozzy, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Iggy Pop are able to take more substance abuse than the average person.[/release]

They should have done Keith Richards instead.[/QUOTE]

Keith richards is next in line, Dio was last.

[The mouse]

[QUOTE=Murkrow;22633893]Still, you get the -15 Shotgun resistance malus.[/QUOTE]Also 15+ Heroin Addiction

[Pedro the Fuzzy]

Read Ozzy's autobiography if you haven't. Shit, after reading that, it really is a fuckin' miracle that after all the shit he's done, the Prince of Darkness is still alive.

[D.W.A.P.]

[QUOTE=Gregah;22633943]Keith richards is next in line, Dio was last.[/QUOte]:iia:

[chrispartaprpra]

shouldve done the same to hunter s thompson

[Doctor_Communis]

[QUOTE=bravehat;22630235]I think you got confused. I think you actually mean is 100% metal :rock:[/QUOTE]

So he has hemochromatosis?

[SKuM]

[QUOTE=chrispartaprpra;22643035]shouldve done the same to hunter s thompson[/QUOTE]

This.

Hunter consumed more drugs than Keith Richards and Ozzy combined. The man was a fucking lunatic.

[Lambadvanced]

[QUOTE=SKuM;22646025]This.

Hunter consumed more drugs than Keith Richards and Ozzy combined. The man was a fucking lunatic.[/QUOTE]

His mind was probably still convinced it was high and alive for days after he died