Ozzy Osbourne is a genetic mutant, DNA research reveals

In 2010, when scientists at Knome Inc. were looking to study a remarkable human’s DNA, they didn’t ring up Steve Jobs or Beyoncé.

Instead, the Cambridge, Mass.-based human genome company reached out to Ozzy Osbourne. They wanted to know what genes had kept the rocker alive through decades of heavy drug and alcohol abuse.

Their findings did not disappoint. They discovered a never-before-seen mutation that may explain Osbourne’s ability to consume alcohol in great quantities and several genetic variations that predisposed him to drug and alcohol dependencies, New York Post reports, citing the findings.

“Ozzy is indeed a genetic mutant,” writes Bill Sullivan in his new book “Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs and the Curious Forces that Make Us Who We Are” (National Geographic), out this month. He looks at the surprising ways we’re shaped by our DNA and biological factors that dramatically affect how our genes are expressed.