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Loan Payable - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 14 Months Ended |
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Feb. 28, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Aug. 31, 2014 | Aug. 15, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Reclassification of principal amount to other income |  |  | $ 8,917,000 |  |  |
Reclassification of accrued interest to gain on extinguishment of loan |  |  | 243,000 |  |  |
CIRM [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Approval of fund by California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) |  | $ 19,300,000 |  |  |  |
Aggregate proceeds from disbursement of the loan |  |  |  |  | $ 9,600,000 |
Forgiveness of loan principal | $ 8,917,000 |  |  |  |  |
Accrued interest forgiven | 243,000 |  |  |  |  |
Repayment of aggregate loan proceeds received | $ 679,000 |  |  |  |  |
Reclassification of principal amount to other income |  |  | 8,917,000 |  |  |
Reclassification of accrued interest to gain on extinguishment of loan |  |  | $ 243,000 |  |  |
Silicon Valley Bank Loan Agreement Warrant [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Term of warrant |  |  |  | 10 years |  |
Exercise price of warrants |  |  |  | $ 1.7034 |  |
Warrant expiration period |  |  |  | 2023-04 |  |
Silicon Valley Bank Loan Agreement Warrant [Member] | Common Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares of common stock acquired using warrant |  |  |  | 293,531 |  |
Silicon Valley Bank Loan Agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from loan |  | 9,900,000 |  |  |  |
Cash discount |  | $ 100,000 |  | $ 100,000 |  |
Loan term |  |  |  | 3 years |  |
Annual interest rate on loan |  |  |  | 6.00% |  |
Period of loan subject to interest payments only |  |  |  | 6 months |  |
Period of loan subject to principal and interest payments |  |  |  | 30 months |  |
Final fee payment at the end of loan term |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000 |  |
Proceeds received under loan agreement |  |  |  | 9,900,000 |  |
Initial carrying amount assigned to loan, net of discount |  |  |  | 9,512,000 |  |
Fair value allocated to warrant |  |  |  | 388,000 |  |
Note issuance costs |  |  |  | $ 117,000 |  |
Deferred financing costs, discount and accretion percentage |  |  |  | 9.00% |  |
Silicon Valley Bank Loan Agreement [Member] | Restricted Money Market Account [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, collateral amount |  |  |  | $ 2,422,500 |  |
5.0% Secured Note [Member] | Alpha Capital Anstalt [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument interest rate |  |  |  |  |  | 5.00%
Debt instrument principal amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000
Debt instrument frequency of payment |  |  |  | Payable monthly on the first of the month |  |
Debt instrument date of first required payment |  |  |  | Dec. 31, 2016 |  |

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