Education In 2023, researchers estimated that about 5 million people around the world were living with ulcerative colitis — a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causing inflammation of the digestive system’s large intestine, or colon . There is currently no cure for ulcerative colitis. Disease symptoms are treated and managed through different types of medications, lifestyle changes, and surgery as needed. “We have made a great deal of progress in providing new mechanisms of action to