Animal medical studies

Awhile ago, our commenters went crazy in this post on vegetarianism, and several interesting sub-themes emerged. One of these was medical studies or research on animals.

There are those who argue that studies on animals may not be indicitive of results obstained for humans, given the differences in anatomy and genetics. Other people argued that animal modesl were predictive of results obtained in humans.

Are animal tests predictive of human tests? To what degree? Can we justify torturing animals in the name of science? what constitutes torture, anyway? I’m interested in hearing what you guyes think.