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Increase (Decrease) In Earnings Per Share, Diluted

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Increase (Decrease) In Net Income (Loss) Attributable To Parent

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Increase (Decrease) In Revenue From Contract With Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration from customer for product sold and service rendered in normal course of business, classified as current.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Cash includes currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. It also includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits in that the customer may deposit additional funds at any time and effectively may withdraw funds at any time without prior notice or penalty. Cash equivalents, excluding items classified as marketable securities, include short-term, highly liquid Investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and so near their maturity that they present minimal risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months. Short-term investments, exclusive of cash equivalents, generally consist of marketable securities intended to be sold within one year (or the normal operating cycle if longer) and may include trading securities, available-for-sale securities, or held-to-maturity securities (if maturing within one year), as applicable.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) segment $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Capital resources	$ 81,000
Accounts receivable	923	$ 3,678
Letter of credit	$ 1,500
Stock options, RSUs outstanding and ESPP shares reserved (in shares) \| shares	21,254,556	18,560,755	15,159,908
Number of operating segments \| segment	1
Kite Pharma, Inc. \| Change in Agreement Estimate, March and September 2023 \| Collaborative Arrangement
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in revenue	$ 13,900
Increase (decrease) in net loss	$ (13,900)
Increase (decrease) in basic net loss per share \| $ / shares	$ (0.08)
Increase (decrease) in diluted net loss per share \| $ / shares	$ (0.08)
Sanofi S.A. \| Change in Agreement Estimate, September 2021 \| Collaborative Arrangement
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in revenue			$ (1,600)
Increase (decrease) in net loss			$ 1,600
Increase (decrease) in basic net loss per share \| $ / shares			$ 0.01
Increase (decrease) in diluted net loss per share \| $ / shares			$ 0.01
Minimum
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of related assets	3 years
Maximum
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of related assets	5 years