A Bentley based biotech company, headed by an octogenarian, is leading the fight against global disease with the development of a breakthrough antibiotic that literally explodes resistant superbugs.

The creation of the Recce synthetic antibiotic has the potential to save tens of millions of lives annually, replacing generations of antibiotics that are no longer capable of taking the fight to a wide range of killer bacteria.

Dr Graham Melrose has developed an antibiotic that could defeat superbugs Credit:Nadia Budihardjo

The WA-designed superbug killer could destroy a wide range of superbugs that lead to sepsis (blood poisoning), and also take on, E.coli, Helicobacter-derived gastritis and many more.

Dr Graham Melrose, 81, is the mind behind the new generation antibiotic, now in the testing stage in the US, ahead of a series of stringent human trials for the all-important Federal Drug Administration tick of approval.