Related Party Disclosures	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transaction	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONDuring the year, the Company acquired 52,700 vested free shares from a former executive of Sangamo France who is now an executive of Sangamo, pursuant to the exercise of the Free Shares Options for approximately $0.1 million of cash.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745

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