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ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Revenues from Strategic Partnering Collaboration Agreements and Research Activity Grants (Detail) - Revenue from contract with customer - Customer concentration risk	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Biogen MA, Inc.
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues	40.00%	0.00%
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues	30.00%	0.00%
Kite Pharma, Inc.
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues	24.00%	55.00%
Sanofi Genzyme
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues	4.00%	4.00%
Pfizer Inc.
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of revenues	0.00%	27.00%

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