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
Maru Maru Mori Mori! Maru Maru Mori Mori! On 4 April 2011, it was announced that the theme song of the Fuji Television television drama "Marumo no Okite" will be sung by actress Mana Ashida and Fuku Suzuki, both of whom are also starring in the television drama. They formed a temporary group called Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook, and the song that they will be singing is entitled "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" This singles album debuted on the Oricon charts at the third position with sales of around 35 thousand albums in the first week. This makes the group the youngest group ever