Mittelos Bioscience/Theories

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Mittelos Anagram

Lost Time - this makes sense given the strange relationship the island has with time. For example: Richard's comment to Locke about how "time flies" on the island.

Mittelos = Mott isle. The Mittelos bioscence is located in the Mott Island into the International Biosphere Reserve[1]. This isle is very close to the Mittelwerk isle. Is owned or partly-owned by Hanso Foundation executive Dr. Thomas Mittelwerk

Real?

Theory 1: "Front company" is an exaggeration

While Richard showed Juliet a slideshow presentation of what Mittelos Bioscience was like (the buildings, the grounds), these were plainly false. Even Richard seems uncomfortable presenting the badly photo-shopped images. But given that "Mittelos Bioscience" isn't really in Portland, there is no reason to assume that the organization exists at all. Instead of a front company, it may only be a website - if that.

Theory 2: "Front company" is true

Mittelos Bioscience is a front for Mittelwerk. He was aggressively recruiting at least 4 years before the Oceanic crash.
- After Mittelwerk overthrows Hanso, he sends in a second group of scientists, Mittelos Bioscience/the Others, in order to displace DHARMA (the purge) and use the island for his own purposes.
The case of the 26-year-old woman having an aged womb is connected to the strange powers of the island, probably to the anomalous passing of time and the aging process on the island.
Mittelos is a front for Dharma recruiters

Theory 3: "Front company" for the DHARMA initiative

Mittelos Bioscience is a front company for the DHARMA initiative, and Ben Linus was only allowed there because the off island DHARMA initiative was not aware of the Purge due to the difficulties in traveling and communicating with the island.
Travelling to the island and communicating with the island is fairly easy using the Galaga and the Flame

Misc

Mittelos Bioscience is a very old company. Locke encountered them as early as 1972, a long time before the Purge, so they must have operated as a front for The Hostiles as well as The Others .
Mittelos was set up by Jacob to research and recruit people to serve the island.

Mittelos Bioscience is an Alibis for the Dharma Initiative

Evidence

The Others have been see experimenting in DHARMA stations, possibly continuing the work of the Initiative
The Others have used the name Mittelos Bioscience to bring both Juliet and Locke to the island