A process and system directed to a more effective, individual based treatment regimen which is built on clinical identified target biomarkers associated with gender differential responses to mesalamine, and includes one or more panels of target biomarkers that distinguishes mesalamine response differences between genders and determines the efficacy of mesalamine for patients being treated for various UC conditions and effectively identifies and validates novel drug targets for new UC therapeutics, new diagnostics and diagnostics standards for UC therapeutic strategies.