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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I need an example of a specific human cell that is continually dividing and why please and thank you! and

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Besides a cancer cell.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Digestive and skin cells. I think those are two examples, right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I would assume there were none, when the "genetic design" aswell as enviromental requirements are met for a specific cell type and it's parakrin cells. They enter something called a G0 phase (this also happends when Telomere runs out). Where it will stop dividing untill there is a need for it. About continiously i doubt you'd find such a example, often well. That would most likely be cells in Epidermis on your hands for instance or soals of your feet, which are continiously exposed to mechanical damage.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Also, you might want to consider which types of cancer is most common and more prominent at younger age.. That should give you an idea on which cells divide most. (Just an idea, it will most likely not be accurate at all.)

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