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License agreement regulatory milestones payment.

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Minimum licensed product to develop obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize.

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Payment of license fee.

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Payment of one-time upfront license fee.

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Percentage of common stock shares entitled to receive additional shares on fully diluted basis.

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Regulatory related milestones obligation payable.

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Research grant of committed fund amount.

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Research grant outstanding fund amount.

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Sale-related milestones per licensed product and royalties on net sales of licensed products payable.

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Upfront payment.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Research, Collaboration and License Agreements - Additional Information (Details)	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 Product	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	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						38,391,165			38,391,165		37,761,435
Research and development						$ 30,643,000	$ 3,062,000		$ 54,497,000	$ 8,576,000
TSHA-120
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments									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								0						2,179,000
Percentage of fully diluted common stock shares outstanding														20.00%
Percentage of entitled to receive additional shares on fully diluted basis														10.00%
Queen's Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Research grant of committed fund amount					$ 3,800,000
Percentage of interest rate					6.00%
Research grant outstanding fund amount											$ 0
Additional milestone payments									0
Queen's Agreement \| Research and Development Expense
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Cash payment to acquire license agreement								$ 3,000,000.0
Queen's Agreement \| Maximum
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
License agreement regulatory milestones payment													$ 10,000,000.0
License agreement commercial milestones payment													$ 10,000,000.0
Abeona CLN1 Agreements
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments									0
License fee payment			$ 3,000,000.0
Purchase of clinical materials and reimbursement incurred development costs		$ 4,000,000.0
Research and development											7,000,000.0
Abeona CLN1 Agreements \| Maximum
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
License and inventory purchase agreement regulatory related milestones payment			26,000,000.0
License and inventory purchase agreement sales related milestones payment			$ 30,000,000.0
Abeona \| Abeona Rett Agreement
Collaborative Arrangements And Noncollaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Additional milestone payments									$ 0
Payment of one-time upfront license fee											$ 3,000,000.0
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												$ 30,000,000.0