Research, Collaboration, Grant and License Agreements - Additional Information (Details)	1 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($) Product	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 21, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2019 shares
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued | shares							186,960,193	63,207,507
Research and development							$ 56,778,000	$ 91,169,000
License Agreement for CLN7
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments							0	0
Payment of one-time upfront license fee		$ 300,000
License agreement regulatory related milestones maximum amount payable		7,700,000
License agreement sales-related milestones maximum amount payable		$ 7,500,000
TSHA-120
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments							0	0
Research and development									$ 5,500,000
Upfront payment			$ 5,500,000
Clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones to be received			$ 19,300,000
UT Southwestern Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Preclinical activities period under sponsored research agreements						2 years
Minimum licensed product to develop obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize | Product						1
Common stock, shares issued | shares													2,179,000
Percentage of fully diluted common stock shares outstanding													20.00%
Outstanding payments due							0
Queens Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments							0	0
Queens Agreement | Research and Development Expense
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Cash payment to acquire license agreement						$ 3,000,000
Queens Agreement | Maximum
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
License agreement regulatory milestones payment												$ 10,000,000.0
License agreement commercial milestones payment												$ 10,000,000
Abeona CLN1 Agreements
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments							0	0
License fee payment					$ 3,000,000
Purchase of clinical materials and reimbursement incurred development costs				$ 4,000,000
Research and development									$ 3,000,000	$ 7,000,000
Abeona CLN1 Agreements | Maximum
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
License and inventory purchase agreement regulatory related milestones payment					26,000,000
License and inventory purchase agreement sales related milestones payment					$ 30,000,000
Abeona | Abeona Rett Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments							0	0
Research and development							$ 3,500,000	$ 1,000,000
Regulatory milestone fee paid	$ 1,000,000
Payment of one-time upfront license fee										$ 3,000,000
Abeona | Maximum | Abeona Rett Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Regulatory related milestones obligation payable											$ 26,500,000
Sale-related milestones per licensed product and royalties on net sales of licensed products payable											$ 30,000,000