Employee Benefit Plan - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Defined contribution plan name	“Sangamo 401(k) Plan”
Defined contribution plan, employer's matching contribution percent	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Percentage of employer matching contribution to employee contribution	8.00%	8.00%	6.00%
Maximum percentage limit of employee contributions	8.00%	8.00%	6.00%
Defined contribution plan, maximum employer's contribution per employee	$ 4,000	$ 4,000	$ 3,000
Aggregate employer's contributions to defined contribution plan	$ 800,000	$ 500,000	$ 300,000

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Maximum amount the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Name of defined contribution plan designed to provide retirement benefits. Includes, but is not limited to, legal name of plan.

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