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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2023	Jan. 31, 2022	Aug. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Loss (gain) on strategic investment								$ 5,109,000	$ 1,998,000
Research and development				$ 156,963,000		$ 81,336,000		284,878,000	285,837,000
Restricted cash				5,770,000		$ 5,770,000		5,770,000	$ 5,770,000	$ 5,770,000	$ 5,770,000
Letter of Credit \| Corporate Credit Card Program
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Restricted cash				2,000,000				2,000,000
Letter of Credit \| Fleet Program
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Restricted cash				400,000				400,000
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. [Member] \| Research and Development [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Collaborative Arrangements Upfront Consideration And Transaction Payment		$ 60,000,000
Mile stone payments payable		907,500,000
Upfront consideration and transaction costs		$ 60,000,000
Collaboration Agreement, Cost Splits Description		For the SYNGAP1 program, the two companies will jointly share global research, development and commercialization responsibilities and share 50/50 in all worldwide costs and future profits
License Agreements \| North America
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Mile stone payments payable					$ 40,000,000
License Agreements \| Neuren \| North America
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Upfront payment	$ 100,000,000
Upfront license fee			$ 10,000,000
Milestone payment as intangible asset					40,000,000
PRV liability					$ 29,600,000
License Agreements \| Neuren \| Research and Development [Member] \| North America
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Upfront payment				100,000,000			$ 10,000,000
License Agreements \| Neuren \| Development Commercialization and Sales Milestones
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Upfront payment	831,300
Maximum
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Mile stone payments payable				$ 2,800,000,000				$ 2,800,000,000
Maximum \| License Agreements \| Neuren \| North America
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Mile stone payments payable	$ 426,300,000		$ 455,000,000