On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Terry Jones, a co-creator of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and Douglas Adams, the author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. With the recent passing of Terry Jones, we are re-airing our 1997 interview. Then on BioTech Nation, focus on conditions of the kidney. "Vinny Jindal, the Head of Strategy at Reata Pharmaceuticals, talks about Bardoxolone for chronic kidney disease caused by Alport Sydrome. They just had positive Phase 3 data which they will use to file with the FDA. Then Dr. Darren Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics, talks about the seriousness of organ fibrosis, the cause of mortality in some 50% of human lives. Certa is working first on stopping fibrosis in the kidney.
