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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. Do they have any of his old DNA by blair1q · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Do they have any of Ozzy's old DNA?

    i'd love to see a before-and-after diff...

  2. Re:Survived? by blair1q · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In this case it's, "made more money letting a few cameras wander around his family's life than in decades of laborious rock and roll."

  3. Re:Survived? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The reason is the drug war. In the olden days, Illegal drugs were made by professional chemists in white coats who had pride in the quality of their product.
    It also had the backing of big money from that are better unnamed sources and pure intermediate chemicals to work with.
    Today, It's made using the simplest and usually worst methods, using filthy chemicals by thugs.