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Ozzy Osbourne To Be Genetically Decoded

Posted by samzenpus on from the genes-of-darkness dept.

Dashiva Dan writes "DNA research lab Knome has announced that it is going to sequence Ozzy's entire genome. Ozzy, the former lead singer of Black Sabbath, reality television star, and spokesman for World of Warcraft among many other things, has been selected so they can discover, among other things, how drugs are absorbed in the body. The amount of abuse Ozzy has put himself through and survived is a large part of why he was chosen."

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  1. Survived? by JorDan+Clock · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this all really hinges on your definition of "survived."

    1. Re:Survived? by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Insightful

      He's more coherent than a lot of younger meth or crack users out there.

  2. Wow. Like that's costing them $10K retail. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Congratulations to Knome on a PR scheme that's getting them mainstream advertising for almost no money. I haven't seen this much bogosity from actual scientists since they shot John Glenn into space to "learn about the effects on space on old people".

    I'm sure they'll find the drug abuse resistance gene in no time. (Which seems like a really priority scientific endeavor.)

    Will their next genetic decoding involve LiLo? TMZ wants to know.

  3. Re:The secret to his DNA revealed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, it has. He has been dead twice, and come back twice. That's more than Jesus.