title: There's a time and a place for MYCN.
abstract: Brain tumors display extensive diversity. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Swartling et al. provide evidence that the temporal and spatial transcriptional programs in neural stem cells underlie a diverse response to the MYCN oncogene, potentially contributing to cancer diversity.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Phoenix
authors.affiliation: Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. Electronic address: richard.gilbertson@stjude.org.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gilbertson