Our lecturer is a highly qualified PhD, who obviously knows his subject matter very well, but whose Chinese accent makes for a difficult time of understanding what he says… even the recorded lectures take time to comprehend.

So I began to google some of my questions, and when I typed in ‘What does “synthathised” mean?’ (relating to neurotransmitter metabolism and its continuous synthathisation) I saw your website and the article about how to quit the smoking addiction. Since we’re learning about the nicotinic receptors I thought there may be some relationship here, so have read it through. I’m not a smoker, but as a nurse find I’m often in that situation where I need to encourage ill people to quit.

Your article provided so much help by way of clarifying some of the new-to-me scientific jargon and has filled in many gaps in my understanding. I want to commend you on your clear and simple way of writing. Thank you. You have educated me today and I’m looking forward to tapping into further pearls of wisdom in your e-newsletters.

Yours sincerely,
Josephine Petrovic