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Business, Liquidity and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Detail Textuals) (USD $)
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]          
Accumulated deficit $ (337,374,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit $ (337,788,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit     $ (111,700,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Working capital (600,000)mrna_WorkingCapitalSurplusDeficit        
Cash $ 1,163,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 1,824,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 5,520,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 909,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue