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Does the body replace itself?

Stuff You Should Know

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How Long Does Your Liver Last?

The cells that line like your intestine and your gut don't last long at all, because it's such a harsh environment. But then you have things like cells in your bone, which actually regenerate as well. So your bones are er over time, over a much longer period of time, actually becoming new bones. The structure of your guts, they that are beneath that membrane lining that turns over, e five days a they about 15 years. A red blood cells last about a hundred and 20 days.

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