# New biomarker may extend detection window for date-rape drug GHB

Source: [Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-biomarker-window-date-rape-drug.html) · 2026-11-10 · Medicine
Page: https://themorning.science/story/new-biomarker-may-extend-detection-window-for-date-rape-drug-ghb-13a076d0cb153262
Kind: research · Impact: medium

## In brief

- Researchers at the University of Zurich have been evaluating a new biomarker for GHB, a drug commonly used to render victims unconscious.
- GHB is excreted rapidly from blood and urine, so detection is time-critical.
- The biomarker is being studied as a way to extend the window in which GHB use can be detected.

## Why it matters

Toxicology results often decide whether drug-facilitated assaults can be proven, and a longer detection window would give forensic labs and clinicians more time to test samples.

## Coverage

- [New biomarker may extend detection window for date-rape drug GHB](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-biomarker-window-date-rape-drug.html) — Medical Xpress - latest medical and health news stories, 2026-11-10

Tags: forensic toxicology, ghb, biomarkers, drug-facilitated crime, drug detection

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