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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gain on extinguishment of debt	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0		$ 267,000
Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party interest expense	1,000	1,000	2,500		3,000		5,000
Affiliated Entity \| Support service agreement with Ultrahuman services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	48,000		200,000				300,000
Affiliated Entity \| Master services agreements with The Cambridge Partnership Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	17,000		28,000				52,000
Affiliated Entity \| Master services agreements with The Foundry (Cambridge) Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	4,000		11,000				23,000
Affiliated Entity \| Master services agreements with RxCelerate Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	400,000		800,000				2,300,000
Affiliated Entity \| Master services agreements with RxBiologics Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	14,000		0				9,000
Affiliated Entity \| Master services agreements with Cambridge Protein Works
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	$ 0	$ 145,000	$ 0		145,000		$ 11,000
Investor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to shareholders as reimbursement					$ 1,400,000
Term Loan With Ultrahuman \| Affiliated Entity \| Centessa Predecessor Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gain on extinguishment of debt						$ 264,000
Term Loan With Ultrahuman \| Affiliated Entity \| Bank of England Official Rate \| Centessa Predecessor Group
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate						2.00%