JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table border=1><tr><td id="first-table-cell">first</td><td>END</td></tr></table>
JavaScript
var firstTableCell = document.getElementById('first-table-cell');
var tableRow = firstTableCell.parentNode;
var renderingNode = document.createElement('tr');
renderingNode.appendChild(firstTableCell.cloneNode(true));
var stringVersionOfFirstTableCell = renderingNode.innerHTML;
tableRow.innerHTML = tableRow.innerHTML.replace(stringVersionOfFirstTableCell, '<td>0</td><td>1</td>');