Nowadays animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Some people argue that these experiments should be banned because it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer, while others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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identical DNA structure to ours, scientists can safely assume that the effects certain drugs will have on these specified animals will be similar to that in humans. Human causalities will be recorded were newly developed drugs to be tried directly on people.
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, the diverse human gene pool undermines the effectiveness of medications. Some medicines will not reap the same benefits for everyone. A drug that cures one may indeed kill the other. 32,000
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deaths were recorded in 2015 alone. Despite millions of dollars are invested into animal testing, the prescribed medicines will have varying success rates. In conclusion, animal testing is a highly debated matter. I believe that even though it violates animal rights, medicines have to
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Ethics
  • Morality
  • Vivisection
  • In vivo testing
  • Cruelty-free
  • Animal welfare
  • Biomedical research
  • Toxicology
  • Sentience
  • Compassionate
  • Humane
  • Speciesism
  • In vitro
  • Alternative methods
  • Pharmacology
  • Clinical trials
  • Bioethics
  • Animal rights
  • Pain threshold
  • Efficacy
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