Researchers suspect that BPA could play a role in cancer because of its structural similarities to a cancer-promoting compound called diethylstilbestrol (DES).    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsInferno] Reference

The synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol (DES) was given to pregnant women from 1938 to 1971 to prevent miscarriages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microwave Technology: An End to the Human Race] Reference

DES, or diethylstilbestrol, was a drug widely prescribed to pregnant women in the 1940s and 1950s to prevent miscarriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origins] Reference

Another compound invented during that era, diethylstilbestrol, turned out to be more powerful as an estrogen, so bisphenol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumer Reports Concerned about The Chemical Bisphenol A] Reference

They led to two of the greatest medical disasters in history: the tragedies caused by thalidomide and diethylstilbestrol DES.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origins] Reference

For example, some women from the 1950s to the early 1960s took the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol DES to prevent miscarriages.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Baby at Last!] Reference

Some such as thalidomide and diethylstilbestrol or DES were prescribed for pregnant women before their severe side effects were known.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference

· DES (diethylstilbestrol), a hormone, was used by women in Western Europe and North America from 1941 to 1981 to prevent miscarriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 36] Reference

She also raised the possible link between breast cancer and hormone therapies, such as oral contraceptives and DES (diethylstilbestrol).    From Wordnik.com.  [Rose Kushner.] Reference

That's why, doctors believe, many babies exposed before birth to a drug called DES, or diethylstilbestrol, later developed rare cancers or fertility problems, Taylor says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aging well starts in womb, as mom's choices affect whole life] Reference

What if in 10 or 20 years they find out it makes our girls infertile or causes them to miscarriage like the drug DES diethylstilbestrol that was given to women a generation or so ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Silly - poor people don’t get choices] Reference

Final report on the evaluation of four toxic chemicals in an In Vivo/In Vitro toxicological screen -- acrylamide, chlordecone, cyclophosphamide, and diethylstilbestrol by Joellen Lewtas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Melamine Infant Formula (comic)] Reference

One example of the devastating consequences of the exposure of developing animals, including humans, to endocrine disruptors is the case of the potent drug diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Endocrine disruption] Reference

(4-NP) and diethylstilbestrol (DES) were purchased from Sigma.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Hoover R. N.: Cancer risk in women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero.    From Wordnik.com.  [Refinance 2nd Mortgage] Reference

These chemicals included diethylstilbestrol, two thalates and bisphenol A (BPA).    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Effects of diethylstilbestrol on esr expression in liver, brain and testis of male fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Also women who have received chest radiation therapy or diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposure may also have a higher risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blisstree] Reference

In an aim to evaluate ER expression and regulation in the zebrafish system we used E2 and two synthetic ligands, diethylstilbestrol.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

It was under consideration for use in the medical field to aid pregnancy, but the stronger diethylstilbestrol, or DES, was chosen instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [burlingtonfreepress.com -] Reference

Normalization and mean values were calculated as in Effects of diethylstilbestrol on esr expression in liver, brain and ovary of female fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Her examples of rubella, thalidomide, Minamata (a town in Japan with mercury waste in the water), and diethylstilbestrol are not for the faint hearted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bend Blogs] Reference

We used three ligands in the real time assays, the natural ligand 17β-estradiol and the two synthetic ligands, diethylstilbestrol (DES) and nonylphenol (4-NP).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Our current understanding of how these chemicals can alter human health began with the discovery of the disastrous impacts of a drug, diethylstilbestrol, or DES.    From Wordnik.com.  [COSMOS magazine - The science of everything] Reference

A study in mice reveals that prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, like bisphenol-A (BPA) and diethylstilbestrol (DES), may program a fetus for life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spero News] Reference

After selling the store, Mrs. Cody devoted her time to a nonprofit group called DES Action, which helps people affected by the anti-miscarriage drug diethylstilbestrol.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

This study with mice provides a striking example of how exposure in the womb to an estrogen mimic, diethylstilbestrol, (DES), can lead to grotesque obesity in adulthood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The risk factors include: HIV, immunosuppression, exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero, or previous treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2, CIN.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blisstree] Reference

Decades ago, research showed that exposures in the womb to diethylstilbestrol, an estrogenic drug, could harm uterine development and, ultimately, the reproductive health of adult women.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews] Reference

DDT, diethylstilbestrol (DES), soy estrogens, atrazine, bisphenol A (BPA) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are all discussed, along with regulatory and policy decisions concerning them.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Scientist Online] Reference

Studies confirm BPA is chemically similar to diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen linked to the development of vaginal cancer in the daughters of women who took DES in the 1950-60s to prevent miscarriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsInferno] Reference

Your mother took diethylstilbestrol DES.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Pregnant] Reference

"BPA does not increase cancer cell proliferation like diethylstilbestrol (.    From Wordnik.com.  [FoodProductionDaily RSS] Reference

DES, see diethylstilbestrol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origins] Reference

· diethylstilbestrol (DES).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

See also weight gain diethylstilbestrol DES, 8, 82–83, 86, 87, 96–97, 99, 106.    From Wordnik.com.  [Origins] Reference