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Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Warrants Exercised

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from holders exercising their stock warrants.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Number of new stock issued during the period.

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Equity impact of the value of new stock issued during the period. Includes shares issued in an initial public offering or a secondary public offering.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Period between issuance and expiration of outstanding warrant and right embodying unconditional obligation requiring redemption by transferring asset at specified or determinable date or upon event certain to occur, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Narrative (Details)								12 Months Ended
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Narrative (Details)	Oct. 14, 2022	Apr. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 22, 2022 $ / shares shares	Jan. 12, 2022 shares	Jul. 02, 2021 shares	Mar. 08, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 05, 2021 shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion ratio	0.04
Preferred stock, par value (usd per share)								$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Issuance of equity securities, net \| $						$ 23,000,000.0		$ 487,900	$ 27,287,638
Exercise price (in dollar per share)											$ 29.55
Warrants term										5 years 6 months	5 years
Warrants and rights exercisable, term										6 months
Proceeds from warrants exercised for cash \| $								$ 0	$ 1,485,353
Class of warrant or right, outstanding \| shares								597,512	317,329
Maximum
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Exercise price (in dollar per share)											$ 28.75
Purchase Agreement
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds \| $		$ 2,300,000
At the Market Offering Agreement
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of equity securities, net (in shares) \| shares					25,000,000		6,300,000		3,247,834
Issuance of equity securities, net \| $									$ 6,800,000
Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (usd per share)			$ 0.0001
Issuance of equity securities, net (in shares) \| shares				40,000		672,269		40,000	802,182
Issuance of equity securities, net \| $								$ 4	$ 81
Warrants exercised for cash, net (in shares) \| shares			373,577					373,577	51,943
Price per share (in dollar per share)						$ 34.21
Common Stock \| Purchase Agreement
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Price per share (in dollar per share)			$ 6.25
Warrant \| Purchase Agreement
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares) \| shares			280,183
Sale of stock, percentage of share In transaction			75.00%
Exercise price (in dollar per share)			$ 8.4975							$ 8.4975