This is a funny post by Dr. Michele R. Berman at a MedPageToday blog about Ozzy Osbourne's quest to find out why he's "still alive" using genomic medicine. Here's an excerpt:
Ms. Close has a family history of severe mental disorders. Dr. Berman also mentions that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has used the technology to assess his own risk of Parkinson's disease, which you may have read about in Wired magazine.In a recent development that is simultaneously a publicity stunt but also a look into the future of personalized healthcare, Ozzy Osbourne and Knome, Inc. recently announced that Ozzy will have his genes decoded to find out “why he is still alive.” Ozzy is the second public figure, after Glenn Close, to embrace the rapidly-advancing science and technology of genomic medicine to try and understand themselves and their family members at the most intimate biological level.