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about animal testing ----------------------------- “currently, nine out of ten experimental drugs fail in clinical studies because we cannot accurately predict how they will behave in people based on laboratory and animal studies.” - mike leavitt (us secretary of health and human services) [1] animal testing is a term used to refer to experiments involving non-human animals. it is commonly conducted inside a lab and for research purposes. animal experimentation, animal testing, in vivo testing or vivisection all refer to same term however they are used for different purposes. the word “vivisection” comes from latin vivus, meaning "alive"​, and sectio, meaning "cutting"​. therefore it refers to the act of cutting a living organism, typically an animal into pieces. this is a term which is generally used by individuals who oppose animal testing as this word implies negative actions such as torture and death, while the term “animal experimentation” is generally used by scientists. there ar