Bombyx mori support or restructure damaged ligaments, tendons, and other tissue. They also created implants made of silk and drug compounds which can be implanted under the skin for steady and gradual time release of medications. Researchers at the MIT Media Lab experimented with silkworms to see what they would weave when left on surfaces with different curvatures. They found that on particularly straight webs of lines, the worms would connect neighboring lines with silk, weaving directly onto the given shape. Using this knowledge they built a silk pavilion with 6,500 silkworms over a number of days. Silkworms have been used in
Mori Ōgai in the historical fantasy novel "Teito Monogatari" by Hiroshi Aramata. Mori is a character in the manga and anime adaptation of "Bungo Stray Dogs". "Bungo Stray Dogs" uses the names, stories and biographical details of authors to create its characters. "From the Japanese Wikipedia article" Mori Ōgai Lieutenant-General , known by his pen name Mori Ōgai (), was a Japanese Army Surgeon general officer, translator, novelist, poet and father of famed author Mari Mori. He obtained his medical license at a very young age and introduced translated German literary works to the Japanese public. Mori Ōgai also was considered the