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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time, classified as current.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Balance held at close of period in number of shares.

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Amount of investments, and noncurrent assets classified as other.

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The number of shares issued as [noncash or part noncash] consideration for a business or asset acquired. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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The amount of gross operating revenue recognized in a nonmonetary transaction.

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Amount of cash outflow to acquire investments classified as other.

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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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Related Party Transactions - Molecular Assemblies, Inc. (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to acquire other investments							$ 7,630,000	$ 1,000,000
Investment at cost basis	$ 12,763,000	$ 12,763,000			$ 12,763,000		12,763,000		$ 1,450,000
Deferred revenue	6,196,000	6,196,000			6,196,000		6,196,000		4,791,000
Contract assets	12,701,000	12,701,000			12,701,000		12,701,000		4,526,000
Molecular Assemblies, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	500,000	500,000			500,000		500,000		0
Contract assets	0	0			0		0		500,000
Molecular Assemblies, Inc. \| MCRA
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Research and development revenue from transactions with MAI					200,000	$ 500,000	700,000	$ 500,000
Series A Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment at cost basis	$ 11,500,000	11,500,000			$ 11,500,000		$ 11,500,000		1,500,000
Series A Preferred Stock \| Molecular Assemblies, Inc. \| MCRA
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares received in exchange for services (in shares)					476,114	714,171	1,904,456	714,171
Number of shares received in exchange for services (in shares)	15,118,271
Series B Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment at cost basis	$ 11,500,000	$ 11,500,000			$ 11,500,000		$ 11,500,000		$ 1,500,000
Series B Preferred Stock \| Molecular Assemblies, Inc. \| MCRA
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares received in exchange for services (in shares)					476,114		1,904,456
Number of shares received in exchange for services (in shares)	15,118,271
Molecular Assemblies, Inc. \| Series A Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares purchased (in shares)			1,000,000	1,587,050
Payments to acquire other investments			$ 600,000	$ 1,000,000
Molecular Assemblies, Inc. \| Series B Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares purchased (in shares)	9,198,423	9,198,423			9,198,423		9,198,423
Payments to acquire other investments		$ 7,000,000