About the documentary

Inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a complex condition that can be difficult to diagnose and predict. For many patients the road to diagnosis is long and uncertain.

In this documentary researchers explain how doctors have traditionally diagnosed IBD and why this approach has important limitations. Alongside the scientific perspective, a patient shares her personal experience of living with Crohn’s and the emotional impact the disease had on her life.

The film follows scientists working to identify better biomarkers — biological signals that could help doctors detect the disease earlier and understand how it will develop in individual patients.