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Animal experiments

Some people say that it is acceptable to test medicine intended for people on animals. Others, however, believe that it is not right to use animals in this research.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Some believe that animal testing is necessary to develop effective and safe drugs for human consumption, while others argue that this treatment is morally wrong and therefore should be completely banned. In my opinion, despite the cruelty imposed on experimented creatures, this should remain a common practice due to its significant implication for major medical breakthroughs.  

Detractors of animal experimentation argue its undeniable inhumanity. As well as being subjected to unsanitary and confined living conditions, the creatures used for experimental purposes are also tortured through various barbaric procedures ranging from being starved, electrocuted and injected with poisonous substances. As a result, most of them suffer from malnutrition, excruciating pain and face a strong likelihood of being killed in the process. Furthermore, experimenters usually breed these animals for future research, which leads to an endless cycle of torment lasting many generations. A pertinent example of this is that small rodents including rats and hamsters are injected with cancerous cells and die painfully shortly thereafter as a consequence. 

However, these experiments still play a crucial role in ensuring safety and potency of potential human medicine. Rats are scientifically proven to have the same genetic material as humans, thus a possible human reaction can be inferred from testing on these animals first. Medical researchers can use these testing results to devise drugs with minimal side effects when adopted for humans. This advancement in the pharmaceutical industry could engender better remedies to possibly treat previously fatal and incurable diseases. Prior successful experiments have led to the creation of new treatments that not only prolong the life expectancy of immunocompromised patients but also make considerable progress in the fight against cancer.

In conclusion, although testing on animals can be seen as a brutal action, the positive ramifications associated with medicinal development make this an essential and required practice to enhance welfare for humanity as a whole. Scientists should consider giving these experimented creatures the best possible living environment to partly compensate for their suffering. 

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Vocabularies:

Treatment cách đối xử 

Morally wrong sai trái về mặt đạo đức 

Cruelty sự tàn nhẫn 

Common practice thông lệ

Significant implication ứng dụng quan trọng 

Medical breakthroughs đột phá y học 

Detractors người phản đối 

Inhumanity vô nhân đạo 

Subjected to chịu đựng

Unsanitary thiếu vệ sinh

Confined bị giam cầm 

Experimental purposes mục đích thí nghiệm

Tortured tra tấn 

Barbaric procedures thủ tục man rợ

Starved bỏ đối

Electrocuted giật điện

Injected tiêm 

Poisonous substances chất độc 

Malnutrition suy dinh dưỡng 

Excruciating pain đau đớn tột cùng 

Breed nhân giống 

Endless tất tận

Cycle chu kỳ 

Torment sự đau khổ 

Rodents động vật gặm nhấm

Cancerous cells tế bào ung thư 

Potency hiệu lực 

Genetic material vật liệu di truyền

Inferred suy ra

Devise tạo ra 

Minimal tối thiểu 

Side effects tác dụng phụ 

Pharmaceutical industry ngành dược phẩm 

Engender tạo ra 

Remedies phương chữa 

Fatal gây tử vong

Incurable nan y

Prolong kéo dài

Life expectancy tuổi thọ 

Immunocompromised suy giảm miễn dịch 

Make considerable progress đạt được tiến bộ đáng kể 

Brutal tàn bạo

Ramification kết quả 

Associated with liên quan đến 

Welfare phúc lợi 

Consider cân nhắc 

Compensate bù đắp 

Suffering sự đau khổ

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