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>> How quickly do different cells in the body replace themselves? Cell Biology by the Numbers --> How quickly do different cells in the body replace themselves? Reader Mode Table 1: Cell renewal rates in different tissues of the human body. Values are rounded to one significant digit. Giving context through daily life replacement processes, we note that hair elongates at about 1 cm per month (BNID 109909) while fingernails grow at about 0.3 cm per month (BNID 109990), which is about the same speed as the continental spreading in plate tectonics that increases the distance between North America

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