Scientists who examined Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA found that the Black Sabbath rocker has a genetic mutation that is believed to be responsible for his unusually high tolerance to drugs and alcohol, according to a new book.
‘Ozzy is indeed a genetic mutant,’ writes biologist Bill Sullivan.
Sullivan is the author of a new book, Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs and the Curious Forces that Make Us Who We Are.
The book, which is published by National Geographic, is due out later this month, according to the New York Post.
Ozzy Osbourne has a genetic mutation that has allowed him to survive years worth of hard partying, drug and alcohol addiction, according to a new book
Bill Sullivan (left) is the author of a new book, Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs and the Curious Forces that Make Us Who We Are. The book (right), which is published by National Geographic, is due out later this month
According to Sullivan, Osbourne is blessed with genetic variations and mutations that has allowed him to survive his hard-partying ways.
Osbourne provided samples of his DNA to Knome, Inc, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that specializes in the human genome.
Knome began sequencing Osbourne’s genome which enabled the discovery of the mutation.
‘I’ve always said that at the end of the world there will be roaches, Ozzy and Keith Richards,’ Osbourne’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, said in response to the news.
Earlier this year, the heavy metal singer, 70, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit after he was diagnosed with the flu and bronchitis.
‘I’ve always said that at the end of the world there will be roaches, Ozzy and Keith Richards,’ Osbourne’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, said in response to the news. Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne are seen in London in June 2018
Osbourne cancelled the European leg of his tour after doctors feared that he could develop pneumonia.
He was eventually released from the hospital.
In his autobiography, I Am Ozzy, Osbourne writes that over the course of four decades he abused alcohol and drugs.
The Crazy Train singer writes that he experimented with cocaine, hash, LSD, antidepressants, and alcohol. His addictions eventually led to stints in rehab.
Osbourne said he turned to drugs as a way to treat dyslexia and attention deficit disorder.
The rock star once described himself as a ‘medical miracle’.
Before he reformed, the Prince of Darkness 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.
Sullivan writes in his book that those who struggle with addiction and obesity deserve more sympathy since their genes are likely to play a role.
According to Sullivan, addiction ‘has more to do with our DNA than our moral fiber.’
He also writes that the variations of our genes could determine certain behaviors including what constitutes our sweet tooth, whether we have a preference for coffee, how we regulate emotions, whom we are attracted to sexually, and which political views we hold.
‘After all these years of thinking we were free agents, we’ve come to realize that most, if not all, of our behavior is not of our own volition,’ writes Sullivan.