Regenerative Medicine for cognitive and developmental growth
Regenerative Medicine Linden Health is a healthcare tourism agency based in Istanbul. We work with regulated clinical partners in Turkey to provide international patients with structured medical evaluations and, where it is clinically appropriate and lawful in both the patient's country and ours, with procedures within the field of regenerative medicine.
This page exists to give you information that is often missing from clinic websites: what regenerative medicine is, what it isn't, what our service does and does not provide, and what UK residents in particular should consider before pursuing any therapy abroad.
If after reading this page you would like to speak with one of our coordinators or clinicians, our online consultations are free, carry no obligation.
Regenerative medicine is an active field that studies how the body's natural repair systems can be supported using cellular and biological preparations. The most widely studied of these involve mesenchymal cells, typically sourced from umbilical cord tissue, bone marrow, or adipose tissue.
- Receive enquiries from international patients and families considering procedures available in Turkey
- Arrange free, structured medical evaluations conducted by qualified clinicians
- Provide multilingual case management, transfer and accommodation arrangements, translation, and post-stay coordination for those who, after evaluation, choose to proceed
- Coordinate with clinical facilities in Istanbul that hold the Turkish Ministry of Health's International Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate
- Decide whether a procedure is appropriate for any individual — that is for the treating clinician and the patient, after an evaluation
- Promise medical outcomes or claim that any procedure we coordinate will treat, cure, alleviate, or improve any specific condition
- Substitute for, or replace, medical care available in your home country through your home healthcare system
A free evaluation with Linden Clinics is a conversation. It is not an offer of treatment, and it does not commit you to anything.
Most evaluations follow the same shape:
Procedures coordinated through Linden Health take place at clinical facilities in Istanbul that hold the Turkish Ministry of Health's International Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate. This certificate concerns the facility's authorisation to receive international patients under Turkish law. Cellular preparations used in these procedures are produced and handled in accordance with applicable Turkish regulatory requirements, which may differ from those that apply to licensed medicinal products in the UK or EU.
Coordination and post-stay follow-up
For patients who, after a free evaluation, choose to proceed with a procedure, Linden Health coordinates:
Multilingual case management throughout the stay
Airport transfers and hotel arrangements
24/7 translation
Pre-procedure assessment scheduling
Post-stay check-in calls in the months that follow, primarily to ask how you are, gather any feedback you wish to share, and signpost local resources if needed
It is nota cure
There is no current medical or scientific consensus that cellular therapies cure autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, or any of the other conditions discussed on this page.
It is not a substitute
for evidence-based therapies that your UK clinicians may have recommended — applied behavioural analysis, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, prescribed medication, or any other treatment plan. If your child is receiving any of these, please continue them.
It is not guaranteed
to produce any specific result, in any specific timeframe, or at all. Any individual experience that a family chooses to share after a procedure is exactly that: an individual experience. It is not a basis on which to predict your own child's experience, and we do not present it as one.
If you are still researching, here are questions we suggest you put to anyone offering a procedure abroad. The questions matter more than the answers; a provider who answers them directly — including the uncomfortable ones — is a provider worth continuing the conversation with:
- Is what you are proposing a licensed treatment in my home country? If not, why not, and what does that mean for me?
- What does the published peer-reviewed research say about this procedure for this condition, including its limitations?
- What evaluation is done before deciding someone is a candidate? What would lead a clinician to recommend against the procedure?
- What happens if I am told I am not a candidate? Is the consultation truly free?
- What are the risks, including rare ones?
- What does the provider not promise?
- What follow-up is included, and what role does my home GP play?
- How is the cellular product produced, and under which regulatory framework?
- What complaints procedure applies if something goes wrong, and what is my legal recourse as a non-citizen?
Our coordinator will arrange a time. The consultation is free, takes 15 to 45 minutes, and is structured to give you genuine information — including, if it is appropriate, the view that a procedure is not the right step for your child.
Do you have questions?
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute medical advice. The conditions referenced are serious and complex; any decision about therapies — whether available in the UK or abroad — should be made in consultation with qualified medical professionals familiar with your medical history. UK residents are strongly encouraged to involve their NHS GP and any treating specialists in such decisions.
Linden Health is a healthcare tourism agency registered in Türkiye. It is not a UK-registered medical provider. The procedures coordinated through Linden Health are not licensed by the MHRA in the United Kingdom and are not part of NHS care.
