title: Animal models are essential to biological research: issues and perspectives.
authors.affiliation: INSERM & Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France; INSERM & Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barré-Sinoussi
authors.affiliation: Animalerie Centrale, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France; Animalerie Centrale, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Montagutelli
keywords: animal models; animal protection; animal research; animal welfare; human diseases; preclinical studies