2 new compounds show promise for eliminating breast cancer tumors

Compounds disrupt bonding of cancer-related protien

	IMAGE: UCF Associate Professor James Turkson works in his lab with two graduate students. Click here for more information.

Two new compounds created by a University of Central Florida professor show early promise for destroying breast cancer tumors.

Associate Professor James Turkson's compounds disrupt the formation and spread of breast cancer tumors in tests on mice. The compounds, S3I-201 and S3I-M2001, break up a cancer-causing protein called STAT3, and researchers have observed no negative side effects so far.