Ozzy Osborne will have a copy made of his DNA - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

6/16/10

Ozzy Osborne will have a copy made of his DNA

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By Karin McCay| email

Edited by Kristin Beerman | email 

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – How can one man abuse drugs and alcohol for decades, bite the head off of a bat, even allegedly snort a line of ants and live to tell about it? It's not just the Ozzy Osbourne fans who are curious, scientists want to know why too. 

The rocker will reportedly have his entire genetic code mapped. A British TV network says a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts will scan Ozzy Osbourne's DNA in an attempt to figure out how he's lived so long despite repeated unhealthy behavior. 

This study was released by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

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