Re: [scifinoir2] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

[Martin Baxter]

So many of us -- uh, *them* would follow... [?]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Its either him or Keith Richards. Maybe they are both the rock n roll dark
> siths for the devil? :)
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Martin Baxter 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan
>> the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out.
>> Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld
>> couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him...
>> ended up being a jealous boyfriend.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive
>>> 
>>>   Analysis by David
>>> Teeghman 
>>> Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET
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>>> Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed
>>> JFK? Will the BP oil 
>>> spillever
>>>  end? Why is Ozzy
>>> Osbourne  still alive? For this last conundrum, at
>>> least, we may have an answer.
>>>
>>> Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome,
>>> based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome
>>> to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of
>>> Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug
>>> and alcohol  abuse.
>>>
>>> Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the
>>> order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as
>>> A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of
>>> chromosomes.
>>>
>>> The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in
>>> 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around
>>> $40,000.
>>> Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's
>>> no secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This
>>> Science Channel 
>>> reportsays 
>>> Ozzy has described himself as a "modern miracle."
>>>
>>> The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars
>>> who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it
>>> all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed.
>>>
>>> Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times
>>> of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical
>>> histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan
>>> Pearson, director of research at Knome."
>>>
>>> As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health
>>> advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that
>>> you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off
>>> 

Re: [scifinoir2] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

[Mr. Worf]

Its either him or Keith Richards. Maybe they are both the rock n roll dark
siths for the devil? :)

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan
> the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out.
> Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld
> couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him...
> ended up being a jealous boyfriend.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive
>> 
>>   Analysis by David
>> Teeghman 
>> Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET
>> 6 
>> Comments|
>>  Leave
>> a 
>> Comment
>> Print
>> Email
>>
>>- 
>> Facebook
>>- 
>> Twitter
>>- 
>> Digg
>>- Yahoo! 
>> Buzz
>>
>>   [image: 
>> Ozzy-650x600]
>> Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed
>> JFK? Will the BP oil 
>> spillever
>>  end? Why is Ozzy
>> Osbourne  still alive? For this last conundrum, at
>> least, we may have an answer.
>>
>> Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome,
>> based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome
>> to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of
>> Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug
>> and alcohol  abuse.
>>
>> Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the
>> order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as
>> A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of
>> chromosomes.
>>
>> The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in
>> 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around
>> $40,000.
>> Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's no
>> secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This Science
>> Channel 
>> reportsays 
>> Ozzy has described himself as a "modern miracle."
>>
>> The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars
>> who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it
>> all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed.
>>
>> Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times
>> of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical
>> histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan
>> Pearson, director of research at Knome."
>>
>> As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health
>> advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that
>> you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off
>> cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.”
>>
>> By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades
>> of substance abuse. Researchers still 

Re: [scifinoir2] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

[Martin Baxter]

Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan
the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out.
Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld
couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him...
ended up being a jealous boyfriend.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive
> 
>   Analysis by David
> Teeghman 
> Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET
> 6 
> Comments|
>  Leave
> a 
> Comment
> Print
> Email
>
>- 
> Facebook
>- 
> Twitter
>- 
> Digg
>- Yahoo! 
> Buzz
>
>   [image: 
> Ozzy-650x600]
> Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed
> JFK? Will the BP oil 
> spillever
>  end? Why is Ozzy
> Osbourne  still alive? For this last conundrum, at
> least, we may have an answer.
>
> Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome ,
> based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome
> to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of
> Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug
> and alcohol  abuse.
>
> Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the
> order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as
> A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of
> chromosomes.
>
> The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in
> 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around
> $40,000.
> Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's no
> secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This Science
> Channel 
> reportsays Ozzy 
> has described himself as a "modern miracle."
>
> The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars
> who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it
> all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed.
>
> Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times
> of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical
> histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan
> Pearson, director of research at Knome."
>
> As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health
> advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that
> you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off
> cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.”
>
> By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades
> of substance abuse. Researchers still have so much to learn from Keith
> Richards and David Bowie!
>
>
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