The Ultimate Package: Pain Relief and Healing

I read an article titled "Development of an ibuprofen releasing biodegradable PLA/PGA electrospum scaffold for tissue regeneration." (Canton I, McKean R, Charnley M, Blackwood KA, Fiorica C, Ryan AJ, Macneil S. Aug 2009) The scientists in England and Italy have done amazing research in the field of injury and pain relief. They have taken PLGA scaffolds and infused them with ibuprofen and watched the release under certain conditions. They also utilized these scaffolds to heal the skin wound while administering pain relief. Although I've been exposed to PLGA scaffolds, the idea that they could be used for timed release of drugs never occurred to me. Reading the article, I was excited for the scientists for coming up with such an exciting concept. This innovation can be utilized globally.