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Lessee, Operating Lease, Initial Term Commencement Period

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Percentage Increase In Annual Base Rent In Years Four And Five

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Area of a real estate property.

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

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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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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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 19, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 14, 2024 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 $ / shares shares	Jan. 18, 2024 ft² $ / ft²	Jun. 30, 2023 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) \| shares			0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Subsequent Event \| Private Placement
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Gross proceeds from sale \| $	$ 7.0
Subsequent Event \| Private Placement \| Common Stock
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) \| shares		876,627
Purchase price (in dollars per share)		$ 3.72
Subsequent Event \| Private Placement \| Warrant
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) \| shares		1,008,102
Purchase price (in dollars per share)		$ 3.71
Subsequent Event \| Queensbury Lease
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of space \| ft²				18,000
Lease term				5 years
Extension term				5 years
Initial term commencement period				90 days
Annual base rent (in USD per sq ft) \| $ / ft²				8
Annual base rent increase percentage in years four and five				3.00%