Scientists to analyse Ozzy Osbourne's genome to find out why he is still alive



Ozzy Osbourne leads baseball fans in a Guinness World Record-holding longest and loudest scream last week

He has spent much of his adult live either on drugs, drunk, or both.

Now scientists are going to analyse Ozzy Osbourne’s body to see how he has managed to survive for so long.

US company Knome are going to run a full analysis on the ex-Black Sabbath frontman’s genome to find out why some people can live a life of extreme excess while others can not.



‘Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,’ Nathan Pearson, director of research at Knome, said.

Now sober for the past eight years, Osbourne has recently described himself as a ‘medical miracle’.

Before he reformed the Prince of Darkness survived decades of substance abuse and was once committed to a mental institution.

He famously bit the head off a bat while drunk on stage and had to have rabies jabs afterwards.

He has a genetic disorder similar to Parkinson’s disease and once broke his neck in a quad bike accident.

He recently told the Mail that he is still addicted to prescription drugs

Osbourne said: 'Every time I have a medical, they say, "There is nothing wrong with you", and they are shaking their heads as they do it.'

He added: 'Mind you, I tell my kids that they have to be careful nonetheless. I don't want them thinking they can do whatever because they've got some Osbourne gene that makes them superhuman.

'I know that it could change like that. 'I could have one cigarette now and be back on heroin by the end of the week.'

The first full genome was sequenced in 2003 after 13 years of work. Analysing a genome takes three months and costs about £27,000.

