'Evelyn M. Witkin, whose discovery of the process by which DNA repairs itself opened the door to significant advances in the treatment of cancer and genetic defects, died on Saturday in Plainsboro Township, N.J. She was 102.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/science/evelyn-m-witkin-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries