It is an act that qualifies as "extraordinary altruism," says Abigail Marsh, who studies altruism as a neuroscientist at Georgetown University. Bruens, it turned out, was a perfect match for the ...

By Santura Pegram Most dictionaries, in this instance Merriam-Webster, define altruism (al-tru-ism) as 1: unselfish regard ...

Though the shelters are run in cooperation with the government-owned facilities that stage them, Castles explains that the ...

Altruism values for treatments of rare, severe pediatric diseases have not been estimated. This study found the altruism value for a hypothetical new Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment to be $80 ...