Bryn Nelson is a former microbiologist who decided he’d much rather write about microbes than mutate them. Since launching his new career in science journalism with a gripping yarn about an electronic watermelon thumper, he has written for the New York Times, Nature, Scientific American, BBC Focus, Science News for Students and many other publications. A resident of Seattle, he has a particular affinity for unconventional travel destinations and double tall lattes.
Bryn Nelson’s no-holds-barred articles on people who can’t swallow normally hit a chord with our readers.
What we know so far about PrEP, HIV and sexually transmitted infections.
Public health officials are warily watching the emergence of these lesser-known bacterial sexually transmitted infections.
Could a once-dismissed waste product of birth save lives?
Bryn Nelson discovers how medical science is transforming cord blood – a waste product from birth – into a life-saving treatment.
