SPOTLIGHT: Professor's research targets tumors

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Gabe Spalding is sculpting light to try to kill tumors and pain centers while preserving surrounding healthy tissue.

Spalding is an Illinois Wesleyan University professor of physics who is directing international, cutting-edge research in which physicists are working with biomedical researchers to manipulate beams of light to more selectively attack tumors and pain centers in the human body.