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The Company - Additional Information (Detail)

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The Company - Additional Information (Detail)
0 Months Ended
Jan. 23, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Patents
Jan. 23, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Description Of Business [Line Items]        
Number of patents issued   140    
Number of patent applications   90    
Common stock newly issued during the period 132,545,504      
Common stock, shares issued   146,740,692 136,045,504 130,575,516
Common stock, shares outstanding   136,052,498 136,045,504 119,887,322
Xenetic UK [Member]
       
Description Of Business [Line Items]        
Percentage of shares owned by former shareholders of the subsidiary 97.00%   97.00%