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Significant agreements - Bayer Collaboration Agreement (Details) $ in Thousands, £ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 04, 2023 USD ($) item	Nov. 30, 2025 USD ($) Program	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	May 04, 2023 GBP (£) item
Significant agreements.
Revenue from collaborative arrangement			$ 72,586	$ 35,275	$ 26,976
Deferred revenue			38,469	101,658	135,194
Bayer Collaboration Agreement
Significant agreements.
Number of collaboration targets \| item	2					2
Revenue from collaborative arrangement		$ 5,500	8,920	3,393	1,160
Deferred revenue			$ 34,629	$ 39,960	$ 43,618
Material rights exercise period	7 years
Milestone payments, receivable \| £						£ 583.5
Expected period for satisfaction of performance obligations	2 years
Estimated amount payable to CROs	$ 2,500
Number of research programs \| Program		1
Payment received	$ 45,000
Bayer Collaboration Agreement \| Minimum
Significant agreements.
Number of candidate compounds into further development \| item	1					1
Bayer Collaboration Agreement \| Maximum
Significant agreements.
Number of collaboration targets \| item	3					3
Milestone payments receivable \| £						£ 194.5
Bayer Collaboration Agreement \| Development and regulatory milestones \| Maximum
Significant agreements.
Milestone payments receivable \| £						178.3
Bayer Collaboration Agreement \| Across all three potential target programs
Significant agreements.
Milestone payments receivable \| £						£ 534.9