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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2019 USD ($) ft²
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		$ 0	$ 0	$ 31,000	$ 43,000
Detect Genomix \| Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional investment in equity method investment	$ 245,000
Equity method investments (as a percent)	49.00%
Pharmsynthez
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investments (as a percent)		9.00%		9.00%
Zebra
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock ownership (as a percent)				29.00%
Zebra \| Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investments (as a percent)		29.00%		29.00%
Neovasc
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investments (as a percent)		0.50%		0.50%
ChromaDex Corporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity security investments (as a percent)		0.10%		0.10%
COCP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investments (as a percent)		3.00%		3.00%
NIMS
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity security investments (as a percent)		1.00%		1.00%
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity security investments (as a percent)		1.50%		1.50%
BioCardia, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investments (as a percent)		1.00%		1.00%
Equity security investments (as a percent)		1.00%		1.00%
LeaderMed
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock ownership (as a percent)				47.00%
InCellDx, Inc
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investments (as a percent)		29.00%		29.00%
Detect Genomix
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses				$ 808,100
Due from affiliate		$ 310,000		310,000
Frost Real Estate Holdings LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in square feet) \| ft²						29,500
Lease payments per month in first year						$ 89,000
Lease payments per month in fifth year						$ 101,000
Beckman Coulter
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses				2,500,000
Integrated DNA Technologies Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses				200,000
Leica Microsystems Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses				$ 300,000
Shares Received Upon Closing of Xenetic Transaction \| Director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares received upon closing of transaction (in shares) \| shares		31,240		31,240
Mednax Services, Inc. \| Detect Genomix \| Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional investment in equity method investment	$ 255,000
Equity method investments (as a percent)	51.00%