Holly Barker

Holly Barker is a freelance writer based in London. She has a Ph.D. in clinical neuroscience from King’s College London and a degree in biochemistry from the University of Manchester. She has previously written for Discover and Spectrum News.

Articles by Holly Barker

Artist’s rendition of multiple <em>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</em>, the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, depicted as two spheres stuck together, each covered in tendrils.

Gonorrhea-Blocking Mutation Also Protects Against Alzheimer’s: Study

Holly Barker | Aug 5, 2022

Research traces the evolution of a gene variant that reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, finding that it originally evolved in response to infectious bacteria.