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Percentage of number of shares of warrant exercised.

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Resale of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrant.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 505
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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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The cash inflow from issuance of rights to purchase common shares at predetermined price (usually issued together with corporate debt).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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-Topic 230
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Per share or per unit amount of equity securities issued.

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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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Pre-Funded Warrant - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	May 28, 2024	Mar. 04, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of pre-funded warrant				$ 30,000	$ 0
Pre-Funded Warrant
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants			$ 0.0001
Securities Purchase Agreement \| TCG Crossover Fund II, L.P.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of pre-funded warrant		$ 30,000	$ 30,000
Warrant exercised prior notice period			61 days
Effective date of warrant	Jun. 05, 2024
Securities Purchase Agreement \| TCG Crossover Fund II, L.P. \| Maximum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of number of shares of warrant exercised			19.99%
Securities Purchase Agreement \| TCG Crossover Fund II, L.P. \| Pre-Funded Warrant
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warrants issued to be purchase common shares		25,000,000	25,000,000
Shares issued, price per share		$ 1.2	$ 1.2
Securities Purchase Agreement \| TCG Crossover Fund II, L.P. \| Pre-Funded Warrant \| Maximum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Resale of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrant	25,000,000
Affiliates \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| TCG Crossover Fund II, L.P. \| Maximum
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of number of shares of warrant exercised			9.99%