Number of new shares of common stock issued during the period in connection with public offering.

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481112/505-10-50-3

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- Definition

Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - NET LOSS PER SHARE (Detail) - $ / shares		1 Months Ended
	Jan. 10, 2023	Jan. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Apr. 01, 2022	May 27, 2020
2023 Underwritten Public Offering
Issuance of common stock in connection with public offering	68,007,741	68,007,741
Pre-Funded Warrants
Warrants exercise price			$ 0.001
Pre-Funded Warrants \| Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants
Warrants to purchase common stock, shares				18,095,238	8,335,239
Warrants exercise price				$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Warrants to purchase common stock, shares				18,095,238	8,335,239
2023 Pre-funded Warrant
Warrants to purchase common stock, shares		25,000,000
Warrants to purchase common stock, shares		25,000,000
2023 Pre-funded Warrant \| 2023 Underwritten Public Offering
Warrants exercise price	$ 0.001