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EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENT (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Trans Ova	Dec. 31, 2013 Trans Ova	Sep. 30, 2012 ViaGen	Dec. 31, 2013 ViaGen	Dec. 31, 2012 ViaGen	Dec. 31, 2011 ViaGen
EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENT
Ownership interest (as a percent)				40.00%
Proportionate share of ViaGen operating losses	$ 503,000				$ 0	$ 0	$ 503,000
Outstanding loan				1,500,000
Maximum proportionate share of contingent commercial milestone payments		2,400,000
Percentage of potential proceeds receivable			40.00%
Carrying value of investment in ViaGen at the time of sale to TransOva		$ 0

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Represents the maximum proportionate share of contingent commercial milestone payments exchanged against sale or disposal of equity investment.

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Represents the percentage of potential proceeds receivable by the entity upon the sale of a non-marketable equity investment.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of the entity's equity method investment which has been sold.

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This item represents the entity's proportionate share for the period of the net income (loss) of its investee (such as unconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures) to which the equity method of accounting is applied. This item includes income or expense related to stock-based compensation based on the investor's grant of stock to employees of an equity method investee.

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The amount of financial or other support the reporting entity has provided (explicitly or implicitly) to the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that it was not previously contractually required to provide or that the reporting entity intends to provide, including, for example, situations in which the reporting entity assisted the VIE in obtaining another type of support.

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