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Ibudilast
Ibudilast (MN-166, AV411, Ketas) is an oral nonselective PDE inhibitor (PDE-3/4/10/11) also inhibiting MIF and TLR-4; approved in Japan since 1989 for asthma and post-stroke dizziness, in trials for progressive MS and ALS.
Ibufenac
Ibufenac (Dytransin, Boots), 4-isobutylphenylacetic acid, an NSAID anti-inflammatory analgesic marketed 1966 for rheumatic disease and withdrawn February 1968 for hepatotoxicity; predecessor of ibuprofen.
Ibukun Awosika
Ibukun Awosika is a Nigerian businesswoman who founded The Chair Centre Group, a furniture and security-systems manufacturer, and became the first woman to chair First Bank of Nigeria in 2015.
Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen (2-(4-isobutylphenyl) propionic acid; brands Brufen, Motrin, Nurofen, Advil) is an NSAID painkiller and fever reducer discovered by Stewart Adams and John Nicholson at Boots, patented 1961, launched 1969.
Ibuse Masuji
Ibuse Masuji (井伏鱒二, 1898–1993) was a Japanese novelist and short-story writer from Hiroshima Prefecture, known for an ironic, understated style and for Black Rain (Kuroi Ame), a central work of Japanese atomic-bomb literature.
Ibutamoren
Ibutamoren (MK-677, MK-0677, LUM-201) is an oral non-peptide ghrelin receptor agonist that raises GH and IGF-1; synthesized by Merck in 1995, discontinued in 1999, never FDA approved, and WADA-prohibited since 2013.
Ibutilide
Ibutilide (ibutilide fumarate, Corvert) is an intravenous class III antiarrhythmic for acute cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and flutter, acting via I_Kr blockade and late sodium current activation, with torsades de pointes as its main risk.
IC 10
IC 10 is a small irregular dwarf galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia and a member of the Local Group, the closest-known starburst galaxy, discovered by Lewis Swift in 1887.
IC 1101
IC 1101 is a supergiant elliptical galaxy at the center of the Abell 2029 cluster and the largest known galaxy, about 1.7 million light-years wide.
IC 1127
IC 1127, also cataloged as Arp 220, is a pair of merging spiral galaxies in the constellation Serpens, about 250 million light-years away, and the nearest ultra-luminous infrared galaxy.
IC 1396
IC 1396, also known as Sharpless 2-131, is a large emission nebula and open star cluster in Cepheus, ionized by the multiple star HD 206267 and home to the Elephant's Trunk Nebula.
IC 1613
IC 1613, or Caldwell 51, is a dwarf irregular galaxy in Cetus about 2.3 million light-years away whose low dust makes it a key distance calibrator.
IC 1805
IC 1805, also known as Melotte 15, is a young open star cluster in Cassiopeia, embedded in the Heart Nebula, containing 8 or 9 O-type stars.
IC 2149
IC 2149 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Auriga, a shell of gas thrown off by an aging star, about magnitude 10.6 and roughly 8 arcseconds wide.
IC 2162
IC 2162, also cataloged as Sh 2-255, is an HII region in Orion, the brightest of the Sharpless quintet of emission nebulae Sh 2-254 through Sh 2-258.
IC 2165
IC 2165 is a carbon-rich planetary nebula in the constellation Canis Major, the glowing shell of gas expelled by a dying intermediate-mass star, discovered by Williamina Fleming in 1898.
IC 2391
IC 2391, also called the Omicron Velorum Cluster or Collinder 135, is a young open star cluster in the constellation Vela, about 150 parsecs from Earth.
IC 2602
IC 2602, also called the Southern Pleiades or Theta Carinae Cluster, is a bright young open star cluster in Carina, among the nearest to the Sun at about 480 light-years.
IC 342
IC 342, nicknamed the Hidden Galaxy, is a large, nearly face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis, dimmed and reddened by dust in the Milky Way's plane.
IC 348
IC 348 is a young open cluster with reflection nebulosity in the Perseus molecular cloud, about 1,000 light-years away, with 495 members aged roughly 2 million years.
IC 3568
IC 3568, called the Lemon Slice Nebula, is a round planetary nebula in Camelopardalis about 9,000 light-years from Earth, the glowing shell shed by a dying sun-like star.
IC 418
IC 418, also known as the Spirograph Nebula, is a bright young planetary nebula in the constellation Lepus, formed from gas ejected by a dying Sun-like star.
IC 443
IC 443, also called the Jellyfish Nebula, is a supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, about 5,000 light-years away, whose blast wave collides with nearby molecular clouds.
IC 4499
IC 4499 is a sparsely populated globular cluster of the Milky Way in the southern constellation Apus, discovered in 1900 and later found to be about 12 billion years old.
IC 4593
IC 4593, the White-Eyed Pea, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Hercules, a glowing gas shell cast off by a dying star about 7,800 light-years away.
IC 4651
IC 4651 is an intermediate-age open star cluster in the constellation Ara, about 3000 light-years from the Sun and roughly 1.7 billion years old, cataloged in 1896.
IC 4665
IC 4665, also cataloged as Collinder 349 and popularly called the Summer Beehive Cluster, is a large, loose open star cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.
IC 4997
IC 4997, cataloged as PK 58−10.1 and the variable star QV Sge, is a young, compact planetary nebula in Sagitta whose emission-line spectrum varies episodically over roughly 50–60 years.
IC 5146
IC 5146, commonly called the Cocoon Nebula, is an emission and reflection nebula with young stars in the constellation Cygnus, about 4,000 light years away.
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a 2024 Netflix six-episode limited series by Anubhav Sinha dramatizing the December 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 from Kathmandu to Delhi, its seven-day ordeal, and the release of three militants including Masood Azhar.