Ozzy Osbourne is a mutant, say scientists

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08 Nov 2010, 8:38 am

A study of the hard-partying rocker revealed he actually has several genetic mutations that may explain how he's lived so long, scientists say.

Some of them "we've never seen before," said geneticist Nathaniel Pearson, who was part of the team that sequenced Osbourne's DNA for Massachusetts lab Knome Inc.

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Ozzy Osbourne has a big dose of Neanderthal in him:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainme ... 5949090745

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08 Nov 2010, 9:47 am

KenG wrote:

A study of the hard-partying rocker revealed he actually has several genetic mutations that may explain how he's lived so long, scientists say.

Osborne is 62 years old. Hardly and unusual age.

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08 Nov 2010, 10:16 am

I suspect that Lemmy and Keith Richards have exactly the same mutation.

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08 Nov 2010, 10:40 am

ruveyn wrote:

KenG wrote:

A study of the hard-partying rocker revealed he actually has several genetic mutations that may explain how he's lived so long, scientists say.

Osborne is 62 years old. Hardly and unusual age.

ruveyn

If you heard half the stories about ozzy's drug and alcohol use he should have not lived half that long. A good documentary on Lemmy is Play Fast Die Old

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7oVnCgUY2Q[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGZGLxM4j-I&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0b2OMwn7YQ&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyFazVjKUFc&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B1TpOZYoa4&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbDeXxqMnc&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyFazVjKUFc&feature=related[/yuotube]

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08 Nov 2010, 11:23 am

KenG wrote:

Quiver sliver topic

I was not aware of the further research of sequencing Neanderthal DNA. The last info I had read on Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens Sapiens mating and producing a hybrid ancestor was still up in the air.

But with Ozzy, I should not be surprised. And I will be watching for further insight on his mental/cognitive health as he enters his senior years. :twisted:

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08 Nov 2010, 12:07 pm

If you watch video interviews of Ozzy from the 80's compared with videoes of him today you can hear a major difference in his speech paterns.

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08 Nov 2010, 1:43 pm

KenG wrote:

Ozzy Osbourne has a big dose of Neanderthal in him

Who would of guessed that Ozzy was the missing link?

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09 Nov 2010, 3:21 am

Well... he did say he was Iron Man...

Anyone who snorts ants without any repercussions has got to be made of strong stuff.

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09 Nov 2010, 11:23 am

ruveyn wrote:

KenG wrote:

A study of the hard-partying rocker revealed he actually has several genetic mutations that may explain how he's lived so long, scientists say.

Osborne is 62 years old. Hardly and unusual age.

ruveyn

It is when you consider just how badly he abused his body back then.

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09 Nov 2010, 12:11 pm

Wraythen wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

KenG wrote:

A study of the hard-partying rocker revealed he actually has several genetic mutations that may explain how he's lived so long, scientists say.

Osborne is 62 years old. Hardly and unusual age.

ruveyn

It is when you consider just how badly he abused his body back then.

Neither hither nor yon. We shall see just how long he lives and how healthy he remains.

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10 Nov 2010, 8:41 am

ruveyn wrote:

KenG wrote:

A study of the hard-partying rocker revealed he actually has several genetic mutations that may explain how he's lived so long, scientists say.

Osborne is 62 years old. Hardly and unusual age.

ruveyn

The reason he's regarded as having "lived so long" is because over the years he has extensively abused drugs and alcohol

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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.

(Sky news)

Apparently the genetic code reveals differences in how he process drugs and alcohol

As Osbourne is quoted as saying:

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"I was curious," he explained to the Sunday Times. "Given the swimming pools of booze I've guzzled over the years – not to mention all of the cocaine, morphine, sleeping pills, cough syrup, LSD, Rohypnol … you name it – there's really no plausible medical reason why I should still be alive. Maybe my DNA could say why."

(The Guardian UK)

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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.

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10 Nov 2010, 9:56 pm

62 isn't that old.

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11 Nov 2010, 10:51 pm

Compare his age to other rockers who have gone through the same "treatment" of drugs, the "high life" and tell me how long they've lived on average? <.<

I for one, am slightly interested in what can be found.

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18 Nov 2010, 7:54 am

I knew a man who lived to 92 years old drinking like a fish and addicted to....male enhancement drugs....does that count? He died last year

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