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Major Customers, Partnerships and Strategic Alliances - Additional Information (Detail) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($) Program | Jun. 30, 2012 Targets | Jan. 31, 2012 USD ($) Targets | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Product | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of research programs | Program | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Research and development |  |  |  | $ 65,618,000 | $ 67,198,000 | $ 56,974,000
Bioverativ Inc [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues under agreement | $ 20,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Potential amount eligible to receive for certain milestones | 115,800,000 |  |  |  |  |
Potential amount to be funded for achievement of specified commercialized and sales milestones | 160,500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Milestone revenue receivable | 276,300,000 |  |  |  |  |
Milestone payments received |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |
Number of products approved | Product |  |  |  | 0 |  |
Royalty revenues |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |
Research program to develop laboratory research reagents |  |  |  | 44 months |  |
Deferred revenue |  |  |  | $ 6,200,000 |  |
Bioverativ Inc [Member] | Sickle cell disease [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Milestone revenue receivable | 7,500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Bioverativ Inc [Member] | Beta-thalassemia Project [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Milestone revenue receivable | $ 6,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Research and development |  |  |  | 6,700,000 | 6,500,000 | 5,200,000
Bioverativ Inc [Member] | Other Projects [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and development |  |  |  | $ 200,000 | 2,900,000 | 3,500,000
Shire AG [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues under agreement |  |  | $ 13,000,000 |  |  |
Research program to develop laboratory research reagents |  |  |  | 6 years |  |
Deferred revenue |  |  |  | $ 2,300,000 |  |
Research and development |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000 | 13,500,000 | 21,100,000
Aggregate number of gene targets | Targets |  |  | 7 |  |  |
Number of initial gene targets | Targets |  |  | 4 |  |  |
Number of gene targets | Targets |  | 5 |  |  |  |
Number of additional gene targets | Targets |  | 2 |  |  |  |
Recognition of milestone |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000
Amount reimbursed and recognized related to prior obligations |  |  |  |  | $ 3,400,000 |

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