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Lessee, Operating Lease, Initial Rent Abatement Period

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Number Of Renewal Options

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Number Of Lease Extensions

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Number of operating leases.

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Operating Lease, Liability, Writeoff

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Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, Writeoff

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Discount rate used by lessee to determine present value of operating lease payments.

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Remaining lease term of operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of single lease cost, calculated by allocation of remaining cost of lease over remaining lease term. Includes, but is not limited to, single lease cost, after impairment of right-of-use asset, calculated by amortization of remaining right-of-use asset and accretion of lease liability.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Amount of variable lease cost, excluded from lease liability, recognized when obligation for payment is incurred for finance and operating leases.

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Right-of-Use Assets and Lease Obligations - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 18, 2026 USD ($) extension	Sep. 30, 2026 USD ($) lease	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2026 USD ($) lease	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($)	May 08, 2026 USD ($) renewal_option	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Right-of-use assets		$ 7,451		$ 7,451			$ 4,621
Lease liabilities		$ 7,982		$ 7,982
Number of leases \| lease		4		4
Operating lease expense		$ 657	$ 451	$ 1,663	$ 1,335
Variable lease expense		127	$ 118	381	$ 335
Rent Lease, Initial Term
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial term						11 years
Initial rent abatement period						12 months
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option						2
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term						5 years
Right-of-use assets						$ 3,658
Lease liabilities						$ 3,658
Derecognized right of use assets		953		953
Derecognized lease liability		$ 953		$ 953
Research And Laboratory Space Lease
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Initial term	3 years
Right-of-use assets	$ 654
Lease liabilities	$ 654
Number of lease extensions \| extension	1
Extension term	3 years
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term (in years)		1 year 6 months		1 year 6 months
Estimated discount rate (as a percent)		12.30%		12.30%
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term (in years)		15 years 8 months 12 days		15 years 8 months 12 days
Estimated discount rate (as a percent)		15.60%		15.60%